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DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLAND CONSTRUCTIVE POLICY PROPOSED. SUBSIDIES REJECTED. LONDON, Feb. 2. A White Paper has been issued outlining tin- Government’s agricultural policv. It rejects protection subsidies rm I proposes: (1) Preparation of a scheme on sound commercial basis for short term credits for land improvements and purchase; (2) the development of small holdings; (3) a continuation of afforestation; (4) the expenditure of £1,000,000 spread over five years in aid of drainage schemes; (5) the continuance of agricultural research education; (6) the continued fostering of sugar beet growing. The Government proposed to include home produce within the scope of any assistance towards marketing Dominion * Colonial produce.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19504, 4 February 1926, Page 7
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108ON THE LAND Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19504, 4 February 1926, Page 7
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