TIME NOT RIPE FOR MASS LAND SETTLEMENT
ROTORUA, May 1. ThC opinion tliat the time was no ripo for m ass land .settlement in th Rotorua and Bay of Plenty districts was expressed by the Ministef o Agriculture and Marketing, Hon. E. L Oullen, wlten addressing a meetiiig eou vened by hini, of the Rotoiua au Ngongotaha branch of Federate. Farmers in Rotorua today. Mr. \V' Sullivan, M.P., was also present. A major diffienlty was tlie supply o fertiliser Which would be neecssary to liring in latge land areas in the district the Minister said. However, he hopei to be able to announce soon tha rationing had boett taken off phosphatt supplies. Tlie success of any farming schemes would depend largely on get ting the land on which. the settler would want to remain. He added tha1 some men would do very well in estao lishing themselves but to put men on in large numbers at the present tinic would be Avrong. .
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 May 1947, Page 5
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