STILL UNCLAIMED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17228, 7 April 1930, Page 2

STILL UNCLAIMED

MAORI WAR LAND GRANTS MINISTER’S DISCOVERY The possibilities of settlement on the roast impressed the Hon. E. A. Ransom on his tour of the Tauranga district. Before he left Hamilton for the south, the Minister said some of the roads he had traversed were very bad, but there was evidence which satisfied him that much of the land lying idle was capable of being satisfactorily farmed, and that road access would make it much more attractive. One thing that impressed him about these waste areas was. that many, which appeared to ,be CfpWn grants to soldiers in the Maori War, were still unclaimed. He was of the opinion that these interests should be consolidated in some form, so that the land could be offered for settlement, and if necessary, the proceeds could be held in trust as a fund to reimburse the original owners, should they at tiny time turn tip and establish their claims. Much of the, country had an easy “lie,” and could bo worked without difficulty. It should, he thought, make profitable farms, if given proper access. WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs and Colds. n«ver falls.