LAND SETTLEMENT

Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3762, 25 September 1940, Page 2

LAND SETTLEMENT

MR BROADFOOT'S QUERIES A constructive speech, dealing with land settlement problems and land development, was given by Mr W. J. Broadfoot (Waitomo), in the House recently. He emphasised the point that inducements must be held out to men and their wives and families, if they show aptitude and willingness to be granted titles to land on which they are working development schemes. He pointed out the inherent weakness of the Governments policy by which titles were not granted. He asked: "Why is the major development being done by single men in camps, for instance? Why are not more married men with families employed, and why are they not housed on their potential sections? There is a great reservoir for farm land development in this country." "About how many brands of tobacco do you reckon there are, all told?" enquired a Dunedin man oi> his smoke merchant. "Couldn't say," replied the latter, "but my encyclopaedia says about 500." "And all smokable," went on the customer with a laugh. "Wouldn't care to bet on that," said the tobacconist. "As you know there are brands mild enough for a baby and others strong enough to make your hair curl." "But surely," remarked the customer, "there must be brands that are comparatively free from nicotine?" "I, know of only five like that," said the tobacconist. "And where do they come from?" asked the customer. "They're grown right here in New Zealand," replied the tobacconist, "and toasted in the course of manufacture." That takes the poison out of them and leaves them sweet and fragrant r-also quite harmless. Yes, I said five brands: Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish, and Cut Plug No. 10. The customer said he'd been told something worth remembering. He had.