THE LAND BILL.
JUBILATION OF FREEHOLDERS CFuow Our Owx Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, October 19
The passing of the Land Bill by the House of Representatives by such a substantial majority as to 14 has, of course, created a strong feeling of satisfaction amongst the Government supporters. Several members of the Opposition, including the Leader of the party (Sir Joseph Ward), again went into the lobby with the Government, but Mr Russell (Avon), who voted for the second reading, reversed his vote on this occasion. The new clause inserted in the Bill in connection with the granting of the option of the freehold of the Hauraki pastoral licenses has given general satisfaction to those who were concerned with the interests of mining. The ample safeguards provided have constrained even the New Zealand Times—the bitterest newspaper opponent of the Government—to retract a doleful prediction that the death knell of the Auckland goldfields had been sounded. This paper frankly admit® that the new clause tuny meets the case, and whilst reservations are made regarding the protection of homesteads, etc., the rights of prospecting and mining are adequately provided for.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 10
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185THE LAND BILL. Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 10
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