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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17804, 31 August 1929, Page 3

A POINTED QUESTION. POSSIBILITIES OF SETTLEMENT. IS THE MINISTER SERIOUS? (Times Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. “How far have tiie investigations proceeded concerning the settlement of pumice land?” asked Mr W. Lee ! Martin (Raglan) in the House of Re- : presentatives yesterday. He pointed ! out that the Minister of Lands had I promised that a block of 20,000 acres ' was to be taken up for experimental purposes, but so far nothing more had been heard of the matter. A few days ago when Mr Lee Martin was in Hamilton for the purpose of attending the annual meeting of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, he had met a number of men who were anxious to know what was being done in this connection. They wanted to know how far the investigations had gone. Mr Lee Martin said he had ascertained that there had been a gathering of about 10 or 12 responsible Government i officers at Rotorua, where they met for the purpose of investigating the question of possibiliites of an experimental block on the pumice lands. The gathering oftoflicers included the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Auckland. The officers had spent about a week at Rotorua at a cost of about £3O a day, continued Mr Martin, and, if he was correctly informed, they had been unable to decide upon a suitable block for the experiment which the Minister had promised would be carried out. “Is the question of the settlement of pumice lands to receive the serious consideration of the Department?” asked Mr Martin. “Personally, I believe that j the Minister of Lands is not very serious about pumice lands.”

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