RECENT BUSH FIRES.
RELIEF FOR SETTLERS. • fBT COBESSPOIIBPH^.J Auckland, August 28, The for, tmida has fori warded tMI'P Aupfland Laijd Bpaid a motion passed by the Legislative Counoil in regard to tbo relief of settlers who sustained losses by bush. fires, stating thai, deserving cases had' been overlooked. At yesterday's meeting of the bpa'vd, the Commissioner, stated tjiat the matter had been referred to Ranger Houghten, who stated , that he knew of po pases whore as? sistange w»s withheld when a clear title tp the; land wbs found. Thero were, how* eyer, i\ few settlers who applied for assistance -anti wero refused on the ground that they had no title to the land. In every case , the title ffas searched and if it was found correct jVssist(ince was given, but when found Incorrect, tjje application was refused, and the applicant notified. Some of these case? wero 'those of half-castes, who gijjftfg their Etirppeaij nsin&s, or vice yersa, i
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 288, 29 August 1908, Page 5
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158RECENT BUSH FIRES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 288, 29 August 1908, Page 5
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