LAND SETTLEMENT
The Minister of Lands told , the House that in five years, 10,620 new settlers (including soldiers), had been placed on 3,579,006 acres, equal to about 337 acres each. 'He believed it unwise to force settlement at present prices. Lat'er on, with more* scientific farming, the producing power of our lands would double. To those who mqye about the Dominion , and , read thtf papers, it would seem that vast areas cpuld be intensively cultivated. Idle lands can be; seen in all directions. Just outside Auckland, for instance, over 90Q acres are Held as church leases. They*' are infested with *gorse and blackberry, are carrying a few cows, and eVery acre is an eyesore wtth the exception of those areas cultivated by the Chinese • market gardeners. ....
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Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6544, 15 November 1924, Page 6
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126LAND SETTLEMENT Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6544, 15 November 1924, Page 6
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