FIIEIHIOLDR v. ETERNAL LEASE (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER) Wellington, August 31. Unknown

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9301, 3 September 1898, Page 1

FIIEIHIOLDR v. ETERNAL LEASE (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER ) Wellington, August 31. Unknown

During his opuoch tho Opposition whip Muf-Hoy) tn.ulo un intereRting comparison bobwcou tho succBvj of tho froo hold systorci an opposed to tho eternal loaso system inaugurated by Mr John M'Kenzio. Mr Mass«>y said: "Now, thoro in a particularly mtorcf.tin^ par;; graph in tho report of tho Cmmnisskionor of Crown Londs for Hawkins Bvy, who, in Bfjo iking of tho special settlement a«" eocinriona, say*: "There ni'o four of (hoso settlement — namo'y, Wuipawa, Dmnovirko, L'bural, and Ruahino. Tho Waip^wa and Dinnovirko woro iirel t,\kon np in 1880, aiid 02 oub of the original 58 wolcotors havo now acquirod thoic froohokl." Those sppclal sottlemocts woro p&k\h~ liahod in 1880', and Mio sottlora havo now acqulrod tho froohokl, and tho hottlcraent has been a comploto 6uccc«g. Then ho goes on to say, — "Tho Liboral Sottlomonb, which was formed In 1891, only comprises two hocdon.s now, a;j 12 of tho 14 original hoIuctors h:ivo Biirrondored their holdings, while tho remaining two tenants havo trannforrod thoir iatoreab fo other sott" low." Nob ono of tho origitnl sotllora ro* maining la a testimony the to lion, John M'Ksnzio'N land Hottlomont sy.stom that nuy bo hiylily gratifying to tho lion, gentleman, but to tho.so who desiro tho i progress of Now Zoiland it is vory regrottable- And by tho hon. gontlonnn'n Toports ho ia condomnod, Mr M \siey in ] coarno of his spooch observed : '•Vol. 0'j, page 145. — 1 want to neo fcho eottloi'B of this country — nob tenants of tho Crown, not tenants of tho Minister of Lands, nor of private jjindividuals— -not j afraid of a Goveumcnb agent or of ■» j private landlord, bub sturdy freeholders hrming their own lands and sending roprosoutativos of their own class to tho j Parliament of tho country. Thua, I think thab ovou in connection with tho lands acquired undor tho Lind forSottlomoub Act, tho settlers Bhould hivo tho I right to acquire tho freehold, and that the paymoutH made by those sotblors towards tho purchase of thoir holdings, j should go to form a fund for tho purchase i of other lauds Hio on conditions of soltle monb required. By so doing much furbhor borrowing and tho_ mortgaging of our lands to peoplo outt-ido tho colony would bo avoided."

Duellos roiula aro to bo undo po8Bibli3 by a now nntorial, composed of lino earthy oc rainoral mittoc charged with hopvy oil, plucod on tho levelled bod of ordinary roads.