IN SEARCH OF LAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 3

IN SEARCH OF LAND.

Sir,—ln three province* during the last 15 month*.—namely, Tarannki, Welliiifttmu'mid Auckland—l have put in mi otmlicrtiiM*' for eight. different section*. and oltho.'Vjth ft practical farmer, and a New ./inland native, I am still landless,. and, lie inn a interned - mail. I am about tired of the ballot system :,s it. is at present. We fee in different part.* of 1 his island at .any. rate 'hundred* of acres of good land covered in goHC aw', other noxious weeds lying idle. Why is it, 1 ask, that (he owner? of these lin ids are not, forced to clear them, or otherwise hand them over to those who will? Not six weeks ago . 1 travelled through a stretch of country near ltaglan, thousands upon thousands of acre* all in fern and toatree, which, if eut into blocks, would soon he currying Rival flock*, and also settling numbers like myself, who will soon be tempted to seek other land" _ across the sen. Every year we ceo Australia".' offering creator concessions to would-be settier*, and it is only the beginning of what will be one of the greatest, rushes for land ever known in Australasia, for friend* invite friends, and they in their turn do likewise, LaXDUWH. ; .