THE LAND HUNGER.
sti'l/?.' r OO " 15 tllat , 1)10 demand for land still continues over the whole Dominion o'to , m your i ;suo 0 £ Satur- •, , 1 tho lo iist of rutin about, io full ; r , and bo reopened to the public. But it wear from tho deputations that bavo'met 1,0 commissioners up-country tiiat the latter have not a coVrect view of how to dispose of those runs so as to increase our permanent population. I notice in nay own neighbourhood that 22,000 acres, extondinfrom tho outskirts of Waikouaiti township to the A'cnthorn, all lira-class grazing country, and well suited for siauil graying nuis, are likely to be lot in one block unless the people make representations to tho board. V ith the demand existing for land aud ihe success that has attended the stuall grajiiug run system, it will be nothing short of a calamity if this piece of country ia locked up for another 14 years.—l am, etc, February. 3. .Waiihjmo Skttlsi,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14441, 6 February 1909, Page 5
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163THE LAND HUNGER. Otago Daily Times, Issue 14441, 6 February 1909, Page 5
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