MEN FOE LAND
“MUST BE RIGHT TYPE” MINISTER’S VIEWS (From Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON, To-day. "My chief aim will be to place more men on the land and to increase production,” said the Hon. G. W. Forbes. Minister of Lands, speaking to a Sun man at Frankton to-day. before leav ing for Waitomo. “It is useless following this policy, however, unless we get men of the right type. Without determination farmers are a drain on the resources of the country. “The settling of the backblock areas is all a question of finance. I have no intention of lending my ear to settlement schemes unless the prospects are distinctly bright, and the economic. possibilities have been thoroughly examined.’’ The Minister, questioned regarding his leader’s health, said Sir Joseph Ward’s mental alertness and staying powers were marvellous. The Prime Minister seemed to have taken a fresh lease of life since his holidays.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 565, 18 January 1929, Page 8
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150MEN FOE LAND Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 565, 18 January 1929, Page 8
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