LAND SETTLEMENT.
SPECIAL BOARDS URGED
[BY TET/EGR A PH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] MARTON, Monday.
The problem of deteriorated lands, which has been discussed on many occasions by the Farmers' Union, again came Ijefore the Wellington provincial executive at a meeting to-day. The Dominion president, Mr. W. J. Poison, M.P., wrote suggesting that additional deteriorated land boards should bo set up. The proposal did not find favour with Mr. G. L. Marshall. "I know a good deal about these boards, and I have not got much faith in them," he said. He moved that the executive was of opinion that any number of boards would be useless where the land was unsuitable and the settler incapable. A resolution to this effect was carried.
The following motion was also carried : "That the executive is of opinion that the land settlement policy, including the constitution of land boards and the regulations under which they operate, should be recast, with a view to the creation of land settlement boards, comprising practical farmers possessing practical knowledge of modern land development and requirements, as well as scientific authorities acquainted with different soils and their productive capabilities."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20254, 14 May 1929, Page 11
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189LAND SETTLEMENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20254, 14 May 1929, Page 11
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