CLOSER SETTLEMENT.
THE BEST ACT. Per Press Association. GISBORNE, March 21. A deputation of about fifty *eHte)v met the Hon. It. McKeuzio at Tolargo Bay last night, and the district's requirements were brought under his ao» tice. In regard to land for settlement. Sot which a great demand exists throughout tlio country, the Minister said tbft difficulty was that whore the Government signified their intention of acquiring land coinpulsorily the owner* raised the price to such an extemVthat Government could not lot it to eofctlors at reasonable rentals. Tlie Govornnxo.lt therefore had to pay through the nose for every acre thus acquired. Ha advised them to take advantage of the Land Settlement Finance Act. The Government were taking estates wher- ' ever they could find them at a reasonable price. Mr Mac Donald, M.P., referring to the Land Settlement Finance Act, said that no measure which had ever been put on the Statute Book gave the man of small means a better chance to get on land.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14399, 22 March 1911, Page 5
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166CLOSER SETTLEMENT. Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14399, 22 March 1911, Page 5
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