KAPIRO GUM RESERVE
QUESTION OF SETTLEMENT AWAITING A REPORT (THE SUN'S Parliamentary Reporter .) WELLINGTON, To-day. The Minister of Lands, the Hon. A. D. McLeod, in response to represent** tions made to him by the settlers * Waipapa some time ago, has stateu that nothing definite is to be done j" the direction of making the Kapu Gum Reserve suitable for settlementFrom investigations already made a said it appears that the land is not ‘ present suitable for bringing into and no scheme has been evolved** dealing with the area. A was previously made that it shoUlfl_ retained until its suitability had oee proved by experiment, and it had ascertained that profitable occupau at reasonable cost was practicable. The Minister expressed his that no intimation could be given as when this work could be underta* although he assured Colonel Beli,his advice, that the department •• sympathetic to the suggestion. , position would be further const upon the report from the departro becoming available.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 88, 5 July 1927, Page 14
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