RETURNED SOLDIERS AND FARMS.
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PBISS." Sir, —Now that soldiers are returning, and land is required to absorb some of thorn, why does not tho Minis-ter-in-charge step in and purchafie some of the farms that can be bought in this district? If hard-headed farmers are prepared to give a goodwill of several ponnds per aero, why. not the Government? and if' Ihey intend to stand at. the back of a returned soldier, why nbt on a good piece of land close to markets and railways? If the liabilities of the settler are greater tho security is greater, and the chances of making good are greater, and certainly tho comforts of daily life are greater than a brick-blocks' section. Preference, of course, could "be given to maimed and disabled men to get on the easiest country.—Yours, etc., CHEVIOT RESIDENT. January 17th.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16424, 18 January 1919, Page 10
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144RETURNED SOLDIERS AND FARMS. Press, Volume LV, Issue 16424, 18 January 1919, Page 10
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