SMALL HOLDINGS
ENCOURAGEMENT IN ENGLAND. British Official Wireless (Received May 18, 8.30 p.m.) RUGBY, May 17. In the House of Commons, Mr Walter Elliott (Minister of Agriculture) said that if Small Holdings Associations for England and Wales were formed, to provide as an experiment, holdings for suitable unemployed, the Government would contribute up to £50,000 annually for three years on the basis of £1 to every £2 raised from non-state sources by the association. He mentioned that 1000 acres, for such a scheme had been promised by Mr Malcolm Stewart.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19803, 19 May 1934, Page 17
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90SMALL HOLDINGS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19803, 19 May 1934, Page 17
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