L.I.P. LANDS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14327, 18 October 1910, Page 3

L.I.P. LANDS.

ASSISTING IS NOT DUMMYING. -it the meeting of the Haivke's Bay nd Board last week a petition was received from live lessees in Tan-roio settlement, asking that an inquiry be made as to whether Mr C. E. -Whitcombe, the proposed transferee of a section, was not directly interested, if , th .° ;R ' tu « l owner, of the stock upon three other sections. ill J. ol'.en, the Commissioner, said tnat when the persons who held riie and now m question came before the board, they stated that Mr AYliitcombe was going to assist them. He understood that some of the settlers petitioning had diitercnces with Mr \« hi .coin be, and this was tho outcome. Mr G. "Wright said ho was always inclined to View these petition* witii £US _ pic ion. lie board had no wish to inteilei'H with settlers, provided l.hev oomphed with the conditions of the'V leases Mr l j;1U( , s;l i t i petitioners did not know what they were talking aoout; the matter was entirely outside the province of the board/ Mr V. luteombe was accused of dummvirrr these sections because be helped Iris r<£ latives to farm the land. It was a most atrocious suggestion: The board could not object to transactions of this kind. lhey might get one wealthy mail who could have mortgages over nil the land m tho country, vc-fc there could be no objection. Some peoolo got the dummying idea, into* th'e.r heads and imagined that everyone was dummying. 'lha hoard had "no ri<drr j to object to Mr AYhitcon.be, as it was openly stated before the board that ho was assisting them. It was a friendly act. 'I lie time would come when the State would be very much indebted to those who had lipid the Tam-oio estate If a man was willing to go and spend his money there it was a very .rood t un- for the State. The-e' things siinuid not 1)0 brought before the hoard. Mr Latin moved —"That this hoard does not feel inclined t<o take any action in tho matter, as its dntv is to see that- tho conditions of the leases are parried out." The motion was carried, and -he secretary was instructor! to inform the ! iv>ti> -niic-s thai no aei in;, would be • ' i:; '-Mi, provided the complied with the eond'tiors of ih.-.lr lease?.'and I to point out that almo t ;>!! the hitlers have gone on the .scttlif.taiuV by - means of Jiad assist\aucd.