COSTLY SETTLEMENT
WEST AUSTRALIA’S PLAN MAY BE ABANDONED PRICE WAS £10,000,000 PERTH. Tuesday. The Government of Western Australia in 1928 embarked upon an ambitious scheme of land settlement, comprising 3,500 farms on which a sum of £10,000,000 was to be sper\t. The scheme was well under way when disquieting reports were received to the effect that most of the land was unsuitable owing to the presence of alkali in the soils, resulting in unsatisfactory harvest returns. Scientific tests have been made, the reports as to which are in the hands of the State Government, which is now considering whethei the entire plan Should be abandoned
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300611.2.59
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 995, 11 June 1930, Page 9
Word Count
105COSTLY SETTLEMENT Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 995, 11 June 1930, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in