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VISIT TO THE WINTON DISTRICT. PROPOSED ITINERARY FOR OTAGO.

INVERCARGILL, Maich 1. | Members of the Land" Commission left , Otautau this morning at 7 o'clock and drove to Winton. There is some splendid farming , land in the plain that lies between the j I two towns, which i« being kept in good I heart, and grows prolific crops of oats and J wheat. In a number of paddocks the crops ', were not so clean as in others, ragwort, Ca'ifornian thist'e, and yarr being notice1 able. Elsewhere turnips were making an effort to raise their heads above the weeds , tliat almost choked them. The land is ' nearly all freehold. It is generally recognised and admitted, even by the farmers themselves, that the \veed> are becoming I a most serious menace to the tiller* of the t soil, and that unless active and widespread . steps are speedily taken to eradicate the j nuisance it is only a matter of time before I they will spread everywhere, and ruiu the , iand. The Heddon Bush Estate, recently . purchased privately, and about half of whig h jv.n* sod in farm allotments at satisfactory ; prices, was seen in the distant o to the ' north. I At Winton no evidence was forthcoming. . one reason, no doubt, being that there arp , f ew Crown tenants in the neighbourhood. Rome farmers who were in the town entorinhipH the idea tliaT it was neccssarv to ho subpoenaed before gi\ing evidence. Such. | however, i= not the case. The commission i welcomes all and sundry to lav thoir views on the land question before it, and so far . n-> oiip ha? been subpoenaed to appear. j In the afternoon Jhj commission, retjjriietl

to Invereargill by train. Complaints having been made to the commission regarding the working of the ballot and its unsatisfactory results, the members this afternoon became as it werfe applicants for a number of sections, and the odinary procedure in balloting was followed to enable them to thoroughly understand how the thing works 1 out, and whether the objections so far raised are well founded. It was clearly shown that injustice might be caused,. by • the system at present in vogue, and opinion was generally expressed that on "amendment of the law in this direction is necessary. t — —

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Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 17

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VISIT TO THE WINTON DISTRICT. PROPOSED ITINERARY FOR OTAGO. Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 17

VISIT TO THE WINTON DISTRICT. PROPOSED ITINERARY FOR OTAGO. Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 17