SETTLEMENT OF SOLDIERS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16454, 5 June 1919, Page 2

SETTLEMENT OF SOLDIERS.

ALLEGED DELAYS. Per Press Association. WHAKATANE, June 4. There is much indignation at tho delay in settling the soldiers on the land' At tho Whakatane County Returned Soldiers’ Association re-union, at which about 100 were present, M. Douglas complained that, although the Woodlands Estate nt.Opotiki is ready, no soldiers were being settled there vet. W C. Roberts, president of the Whakatane Agricultural Association, said that the Government appeared to be tied hand and foot by red tape. He advocated local boards for settling soldiers on tlie land. It was resolved: That this meeting strongly urges upon the Government the necessity of quickly opening up the various lands in this country for settling returned soldiers.