THE LAND BILL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13355, 8 December 1906, Page 7

THE LAND BILL.

•STATEMENT BY HON. J. MILLAR.

[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRKSS ASSOCIATION'.]

Wellington-, Tuesday. The Hon. J. Millar, Minister for Labour. speakiug at the 'Marine Engineers* dinner last night, alluded to the Land Bill, and, after explaining its intent, said it had'been urged that the graduated land tax should be employed instead of the limitation of area. Such a tax, he said, to serve its purpose, ihuet be so heavy that it would not pay owners to keep surplus land, and they would be induced to sell large portions at once, and two million pounds' worth of land would be placed on the market at one time. The result would be a. depreciation iii land values all over the country. That Was not desirable. It was tetter to give 10 years in which the land would be gradually thrown open to the people.

OPPOSED BY OTAGO FARMERS' UNION.

[BT TKf.ECr.AI'H.I'RKSS ASSOCIATION-.]

DuxtniN", Tuesday.

At a meeting of the executive, of the Otago Farmers' Union, the following resolutions were adopted:—(l) Tin's executive approves of tile action of the Advisory Board regarding the Land Pill, and urges it to complete its proposed arrangements for placing he farmers' views before the country. 12) This executive emphatically expresses its strong disapproval of the general principles of the proposed Land Bill, and agrees that the colonial president's action be highly approved.