RELIEF FOR FARMERS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 424, 2 December 1933, Page 4

RELIEF FOR FARMERS

; Crown Tenants and Returned Soldiers SATISFACTORY POSITION The activjties of a committee comprising representatives of the Farmers' Union and Returned Soldiers' Association on behalf of ! Crown tenants and returned soldiers on Government settlemfent j farms, are bearing fruit and considerable relief has been secured j for th>e men who are having a hard struggle to keep afloat in the ! depression. \ i At this afternoon's' meeting of the I Stratford Sub-provincial Executive of j the Farmers' Union, the president , (Mr T. T. Murray) stated that the I committee had met the Commission- | er and many cases had been adjustI ed satisfactorily. The Land Board j had been generous, and definite deI cisions had been made in a large i number of cases. | Mr. W. J. Poison, M.P., Domini ion President, said that the Minister ; would be visiting the district short - j ly and would investigate cases "on j the spot." He had given the very i assuring statement that no Crown ! tenant would be put off the land if | any good reason could be shown why j he should not continue to hold the j lease and farm the prperty.