A WORTHY SETTLER

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8653, 11 February 1914, Page 4

A WORTHY SETTLER

To the Editor "N.Z. Times.”

oir. Being _ a constant reader of vonr paper, 1 notice many instances where attempts are made to point opt inconsistency in the characters and conduct ot pubhc men, amongst others Sir ’Walter Buchanan. Well, now. Sir Waiter Buchanan never bought on© acre of land ™°? he did not improve and hi* home m \\ airarapa to-day i s a splendid illustration of what perseverance and knowledge can do. Had all the landowners in h»ew Zealand _don© likewise the exports of the Dominion wtmid hare been ever so much greater. It urns he who started the first cheese factory in the W airarapa, if not'in the Xorth Island, not to benefit himself, but to help the small farmer. He made his home in Wairarapa and remained there, a permanent settler, a benefactor to the district. He does not belong to the landhungry crowd who frequent the land ballots, secure a section, and eft next meeting of the Land Board apply for permission tc transfer or exchange, or eome way try to get rid of the land they were at first so eager -bo secure. Much more could be said in Sir Walter’s favour, and if you learn lo know him as the people ot Wairarapa know him you will have tho best of opinion of him.— I am, etc., ' HAN'S SYDOM. Depone, January 31st.