Representations to the Minister of Lands and Rehabilitation; have been made by the Dominion council, Federated Farmers, urging that ballots for farms by ex-servicemen should be held early in the season to enable successful applicants to make the necessary arrangements to occupy the sections. The Minister has replied that the Lands and Survey Department appreciated the necessity for early ballots, just as, the council pointed out, but it had to he realised that tho department tcoik possession of farms at all times of the year and endeavoured to meet the wishes of vendors regarding the date of possession. In some cases, therefore, disposal of sections to ex-servicemen was neeesarily delayed, but an endeavour was always made to hold ballots as early in the season as possible.
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Putaruru Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1237, 3 July 1947, Page 5
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