PARLIAMENT.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Per Press Association.. Wellington, November 4. The Council met at 11 a.m. On the motion of the Hon. Rigg, the Joint Committee’s report pn Mr Joshua Jones’ claim was referred to Government for consideration. The Hon. Bell moved the third reading of the Land Bill. The Hon. Rigg said he was prepared to vote against the third read, ing on the division on the grounds that it was a freehold Bill, and he stood for lan'd nationalisation. The Horn . Samuel reviewed the provision of the Bill, and said they were to be congratulated that “this poisonous cloud’’ of leashold w.as being dispersed.. The best interests of the mass of the country were sacrificed in the past because of the establishment of lease in perpetuity. The Hon. Mills favoured the leasehold* tenure. The Council then adjourned.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10494, 4 November 1912, Page 4
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138PARLIAMENT. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10494, 4 November 1912, Page 4
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