LAND TENURE PROSPECTT IN WAIHI

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1121, 17 October 1904, Page 3

LAND TENURE PROSPECTT IN WAIHI

TO THE KDIT.OR Sir,—ln Thursday night's leading article, on the above important subject, yon said e nongh to make an honest man blush, and ye*, ye laokod one thing: a supply of

thiok sticks to hammer common sonso into the brains of the majority of our • City Fathers. Are not these some of tho vofy men who holped kill tho gooso that , laid the golden eggs, souio throe years ' ago, and now are bont on demolishing the roof, or shelter, over the heads of their 1 fellow workmen. It is onoof the greatest crimes imaginablo (from tlwir point of view), for an industrious and thrifty workman to own more thaa one houso ard section. It has never entered their minds that tho tawor dwellings, the higher tho rent. Oh, no; this is not in their melancholy episode. 'Jhe mines, the town, the Borough Counoil and everything elso imaginable, are to bo under the full oontrol of these genllemon, and all honeßt, sober, common»iens , > individuals are to bo hooted down, as of yoro. But, echo answors shame on such a class of exploiters. Yes; shame I sbauiol shame I But lot us wait my friends,— And Seb What The Harvkst Will Be,

TO THE KDITOR Bib, —Yonr leading article on tbo land tenure of Wnihi in a formor issue, and again in lhursday night's Telegraph, I have read with no ordinary intoreat. The position of residence site titles is clearly defined by yon, and as a comparative stranger to the place, and necessarily having a limited knowledge of tho state of affairs, I feel much indebted to yon for the information you have givon, It is as clear as daylight that tho existing land tenuro in Waihi is about as unsatisfactory as it could possibly be, and if any* thing needs reform it iB tho land tenure of "Waihi. From your romarks it is as plain as a pike staff that had the Warden all these years not usod his discretionary power wisoly, Waihi would havo been a town pf tents rather than of buildings, How is it possible for individuals of any community, more especially a growing placo like Waihi, with families continually arriving and seeking employment, to provide accommodation for themselves? Yet except in special cases tho law does not allow them the privilege of routing a bouso, and the position of nowcomcrs to Waihi, or for anybody elso in the town who has not tho means to buiid, would bo almost hopeless, i repeat again that Waihi would assuredly have been a town ol tents had tho Warden interpreted and administered as ho might havo dono, —I am, etc.,

Waihi, October 14,190-1.