THREATENED EVICTION IN NEW ZEALAND.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Tour emphatic condemnation of eviction as practised in the Old Country is too well known to need comment. Therefore, it is with the utmost confidence that I respectfully ask you to denounce, with at least equal vigor, a still more unjust form of eviction about to be introduced into New Zealand, by the passing of the Land for Settlements Act. The eviction you condemn so strongly in the Old Country is applied to those who cannot, or will not, pay their rent; but the eviction about to be introduced into New Zealand applies" not only to those who cannot or will not pay rent or taxes, but to those who can and are willing to do so, and who have bought" their homes
from the Government, and hold Govern-; ment titles for the same, for themselves and heirs for ever, For, by the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, anv land-occnpier in New Zealand, be he tenant or owner, can be evicted from his home at the pleasure of the Government of New Zealand —a tyranny far beyond that exercised by Old Country landlords. Knowing your utter . detestation of tyranny and eviction I await with confidence your vigorous denouncement of its introduction into New Zealand. I am, etc., Robert Patois. Ngapara, September Bth, 1894.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 6045, 10 September 1894, Page 4
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223THREATENED EVICTION IN NEW ZEALAND. Oamaru Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 6045, 10 September 1894, Page 4
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