LAND FOR SOLDIERS.
PLAN FOP DEVELOPMENT OF 'VIRGIN COUNTRY. [Feu Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 12. The suggestion has been made that blocks of undeveloped laud should bo acquired and broken iu by groups o! returned soldiers. Th,e New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association Ims decided to ascertain the extent to which the proposed scheme will be attractive to returned men. With this object it has made tentative inquiries, and it is understood that the Aliui.ster ot Lands is favourably disposed towards the scheme. The broad plan is that a number of returned soldiers suitable to the size of the property to be acquired will begin work at a contract rate to be. agreed upon for all that is necessary for providing access, etc., to the block. The sections into which'the block will be subdivided will be balloted for.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12718, 13 August 1919, Page 3
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137LAND FOR SOLDIERS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12718, 13 August 1919, Page 3
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