CROWN TENANTS AND THE LAND BOARD.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14266, 4 August 1910, Page 6

CROWN TENANTS AND THE LAND BOARD.

To the Editor oi' the "Timaru Herald. .Sir, —Mr Joseph, Scaly, 111.' Crown tenants'' representative on the .Land Hoard, in his letter ol' the. 27tb insl.. says lie lias been on the Board ior ten years, and cannot remember one transfer being refused, 110 matter what amount vs goodwill was paid. if .Mr Scaly looks up the report of the Land Board meeting ol Augnsl sth, IV)!K), present —the Commissioner (Air i'lanagaiO. -Messrs J. (Jibson and J. Scaly, he will lind that the Land Board held over the following transfers on Kosewill :—Lot 49, J. E. Pigott to \Y. J. and E. I'. Evan; Lot 77, G. L. Limbrick to C. E. Kerr: Lot 128. G. Frame to IL Burns; Lot ■l.l a, M. J. Dowues to P. (( Connor, etc., etc. Now, .Mr Sealy, for what reason did the Land Board defer these transiers—'"not till the mortgagee reduced the interest, on the advances,'' :-'s yon say sometimes happens, but for the simple reason that the Land Board (Air Seal v included) had been Avon over j by a speech ('-ce "Timaru Herald." August 7th, l!!l)9. and Christehureh Press,'' August Oth, 1900k from the new Commissioner, late of Nelson, where very little hat! been done in the j L.I.P. line. Air Flanagan among! other things, said ''The operation of the ! transfer was to enable the man to sell 1 ont at a high consideration. . . The! system was subject to hostile criticism' ;at presold. which would be justified if I a man could in live or six vears sell out ' ; at a high figure, esncciallv as he was I I in no sense entitled to that goodwill."! | Air Sealy now says the Cantcrburv i | Land Board does not wish to d.-eprivo i ; the tenants ol what they can claim, and I ; " hat justly belongs to them, namelv, ■' ■ the goodwill of their holdings. Then i : why did Ah- Sealy not suooort lis at i ; ihac meeting, and tell Air Flanagan ; ;hat- we v.'ere entitled to the goodwill r : '•eiur.'v becnuse there was no Land ' i i'oa.-d election coming off then. AIM j -■•>' was reported to have said ; i v;ls «•»!<•<• ii Crown tenant sold out ■ ! c> ought to he barred for live vears ; ''SC'VII aiiufhcr ballot, with which 1 en'..rely agree, i In coii'-lu'-ion. .Mr Sealy says tlie . ani.e.rbiH'y Ijand IJoard lias no de? : irc | to hara: ; or annoy any tenants, etc., ; -to. But t.'.ie Canterbury Land Board ; has tried, to harass and anuov trans- ! (frees, but after the Press from one ; island to the. other took A.ir Flanagan j +•«> task, and after Mr Goldsndth, the I then late Commissioner for Canterbury, | ivns interviewed and said there was i Httlo or no speculation goim/ on iu j Crown leases in South Canterlmrv, the . Land Board_ ultimately granted the above transfers—no thanks to onr re-

! !a i ivi- on the Board, liinvcvi i-. . Xi.'H ill:' great gamblers iti freehold-'-, and meddling with u : ' (••i.- 1 .. 1 a HUC'-s' ('rilrin ennferelleeK So, tf l i 1..1W {••milts hoivjirr, <>Wi- :• frim 11 ; t-navil i |„, r,n:, p] il i, always; .(im j to look all"!' r.ur interests. —1 fin, "i.e.. ! Y.F.B. j l«ojji:wi!l, H'x IUtU.