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Otago Witness, Issue 3292, 18 April 1917, Page 12

kura Station, was in charge of tho operations. Endeavours are being made to get road access into the Makamako bush., whore plenty of timber is available for posts, rails, yards, and fencing. Home of the settlers, too, are already making preparations for ploughing, and intend laying out some of their land in oats and some In turnips and rape. Tho settlement has therefore started under the most favourable auspices. In giving practical, as well as financial, help and assistance, the gentlemen referred to have taken a step in the. right direction, and it would be well if their good example were followed by those in charge of the Patriotic Funds in tho various districts. To expect that returned soldiers, many of them probably unused ro a country life, will suddenly become successful farmers is to expect too much. To Rive these financial assistance only may bo to impose a burden on them which they may bo unable to successfully cope with; but to give instruction, advice, and help, as well as monetary assistance, to those -who are willing to help themselves and anxious to become producers is to help in the best and most practical way the development of the country's resources and its manhood. The progress of the new settlement w t jll be watched with interest.