A land agent, in conversation with a Timaru Herald reporter, expressed the opinion that sufficient had not been heard of the group settlement scheme for which the Government had made provision last session. It seemed to hint, that this was an excellent way by which the land could be more closely and more profitably settled in New Zealand. In his opinion, it would be a mistake to put men on holdings which were too small to produce an adequate living; 50 acres would be the minimum size of each man’s block. At the present time, the agent said, he was endeavouring to form a syndicate to take up a block of good agricultural land under the group settlement scheme, and at the price the land was available, the prospective settlers should do well on it. Conditions now were not like those of the boom period, when land could not be bought at its producing value.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3899, 4 December 1928, Page 38
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