ITALY’S WASTES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16807, 21 November 1928, Page 3

ITALY’S WASTES

GREAT LANb SCHEME BY THE DUCE ROME, Oct. 3. An important circular has been sent by Signor MiVssoiirii to all Prefects concerning the drastic law proposed to the Chamber for the rcclaiihing of all waste or Uncultivated rii insufficiently ciiltival.c'd lands iri Italy. It specifies tile intention of the Premier that'not an inch of available land riiust be left unproductive. • The first, reason is that the nation needs all articles of consumption that Hu* soil can produce; the second reason is that, empldyirient is thereby to be fmuid for the rriral population and its coirfoUtration in towns prevented. ]q bis circular Signor Mussolini says : “The intention (if the proposed law is that the national territory be veclairheri eutirdly for productive (imposes, anil for this object 'tin* Government provides grants for mdiiiming marshes, for irrigation. for discovering water sources for farm buildings, roads, and everything necessary for rural systematisation, “This will render necessary for economic reasons a vast transformation' of land holdings. “Prefects must therefore asLcrtaih it the technical bodies of the State or province have provided for all cases, and see that they shall, in the event of the failure of proprietors to fulfil their duty to execute necessary works, themselves apply ’opportune measures in each case to carry out the Government programme.’’,. , - ...