POLICY SPEECH.
A FINE PROGRAMME
A PRACTICAL SCHEME
p fes? Association—Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Tuesday, at 10.20 p.m. SYDNEY, Tuseday. Mr Nielson. Minister of Lauds, in a policy speech at Yass, rigorously denied that the Labour party was opposed to immigration, but said they must first prepare the laud. Referring to the freehold, he declared that- no laud-holder wonld be dispossessed without reasonable compensation. The small remnant of Crown lauds available would be let out iv such a way that they could uot possibly accumulate into large estates. They would be giveu out ouly under the leasing system. He would study the land-user before the speculators. Railways and roads to opeu up land for settlemeut would be undertaken at a cost apnroximarely of £500,000. Following Canada's example, they would make the railways precede settlemeut, and he promised a Bill to consolidate the laud laws aud make plain the portions in which a coufiict of opinion occurred, The examination aud classification of Crown lauds would be undertaken by a tribunal working over the whole State. The thirty-three divisional Laud Boards would be abolished, aud one Board appointed to deal with settlement-promotion. In resumptions they would probably have to pay £5.00 C,OOO in the Eastern and Central districts; there 42,000 acres suitable for agriculture were unalienated. The total available for settlement was 10,700.000 acres; this made possible 57 agricultural farms, 946 mixed farms, 1323 graziug farms, within the Eastern and Central districts, the reserves containing 18.547.000 acres; ot this, 12,313,000 acres were suitable for settlement. In the Western division they had 4,500,000 acres suitable for settlement iv areas under 10,000 acres in improvement Other classes of inferior land were iv leases. There were 8,199,000 acres suitable for settlement. This is not to be made available until resumption was resorted to, if necessary* The preliminary work, such as clearing, would be done by the Goverumeut. Settlement would be the first consideration, aud revenue from the land a subsidiary factor.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 9893, 25 January 1911, Page 6
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325POLICY SPEECH. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 9893, 25 January 1911, Page 6
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