LAND SETTLEMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 236, 5 October 1928, Page 5

LAND SETTLEMENT.

LORD LOVAT'S TOUR.

CONFERENCE IN AUCKLAND. ARRANGEMENT OF ITINERARY. Arrangements in connection with the visit of Lord Lovat, chairman of the Overseas Settlement Committee, were discussed at a meeting of the New Zealand Land Settlement and Development League yesterday. Lord Lovat is due to arrive in Auckland by the Niagara on Monday morning, and on the following morning he will meet the members of the league. He will leave on Tuesday evening for Hamilton, and go on the next day to Rotorua, via Putaruru. He will next procee dto Napier, via Taupo. In discussing other matters, it was resolved to congratulate the Government on the principle of the recent legislation enabling the subdivision of the two large holdings. It was pointed out that this was one of the matters which had been consistently urged on the Government by the league. It was pointed out that immigration was in the forefront of the policy of many countries, and even Cuba and the Dominican Republic were offering better I conditions to promote migration than those obtaining in New Zealand. The former Government provides land and the means of subsistence in order that new settlers may adapt themselves to their environment. In the latter country the Minister of Agriculture and Immigation assists settlers by furnishing them with seed, livestock, utensils and other advances payable according to specified conditions. Mr. M. G. McArtliur mentioned the enterprise showed by the Canadian Government, and the elaborate system followed in making inquiries. Mr. E. Yates stated that sufficient prominence was not given to the fact that men going on to the land provided occupation for those in the city. Whilst indiscriminate measures would be harmful, if they could get a proportion of migrants to take up rural pursuits the country as a whole would benefit and unemployment be decreased. Mr. Creamer considered that advantage should be taken orf the British mission visiting Australia in the interests of the national development. He pointed out that the order of reference covered discussion with the Government and private representatives with reference to development of Australia's resources.