AGGREGATION OF LAND.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 30 May 1914, Page 6

AGGREGATION OF LAND.

A remit from Rangiwahia that the Government be urged to stop the aggregation of lands by restricting the area to be held by any t>ne person did not find favor in the .eyes of the delegates attending the Farmers' Union Conference at Wanganui. One of the exceptions was Mr A. D. McLeod (Masterton), who thought the remedy Against the continued aggregation would be an increase in the stamp duty. Mr A. Howie (Waverley) contended that no small farmer should be prevented from selling out if he saw a chance of bettering himself. The busi- j ness man could extend his business to other towns, but if a farmer got a few acres and then wanted to acquire a further 00 or 300 acres he was called -a blackguard and all that kind,of claptrap.—(Laughter.) Mr Ewan Campbell (Feilding) facetiously suggested that they were a lot of hypocrites talking like they were doing. There was not one of them who would not buy out his neighbor at half-price if he had the chance.—(Laughter.) "I would buy put both my neighbors if I could get the land at half-price," continued Mr Campbell, amid further laughter. *'What is aggregation?" he asked. "According to the Red Feds., any man "has no right to get any more than he has at the present time and is not to /be allowed to improve his position Vby purchasing land from anyone else.". After a little further discussion the remit was thrown out by a large majority. -