PRONOUNCEMENTS BY MR. BUDDO

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 573, 30 July 1909, Page 11

PRONOUNCEMENTS BY MR. BUDDO

'■'• - : ';. BETTING ■ AND vIMMIGRATION:: '■■■ . .(liyTpWsraph.-ProM-Assoclilloii,) ', ... ".V.V Chrlsfohuroh, July 28...'" .The Hon. D. Buddo, interviewed, said that he had received an application from the Racing Conference, which met in Wellington a short, time _ ago, to; approve the- regulations dealing ..with ;l bookmakers. Unfortunately,' the law did hot: recognise that the . cohferenco/h'ad the solOiresponsibility for licensing .boflkraakcrsi. .'lt rested 'on. the racing clubs/ • :and conference to that effect. ..Naturally lie was anxious that:' tho r law sßould.be:.carried, out in spirit as, well as in; .the,letter,; and it cecmed to, him that clubs/were doing the right .thing by-further-. ; ,ing the ,'movement ■. by ; which •'they might r bo' able to discriminate between bookmakers and individuals , who rsimply took odds ■ on the chance-that they might win. If betting were, to bo encouraged at all by State-permits, it should certainly be: in tho direction of assisting raping clubs to do the best they could : for tho class.pf, the community- interested... iu : tho;vmatter.; : '':',-', " .;;,:•: '•,.'. : v.": ; . ■' Questioned .asito the Government's present attitude .towards (assisted immigration/ he sa'idithat it■ had.been. absolutely stepped. ; It was found highly undesirable that immigrants should arrive -in. New.Zealand- except during 'the 'spring 'months. '/Even in"' the country;: 'districts ther'o' was aslackness: '■• of - Work 'every;'.season, after tlip : summer months • had been'got oven' Tho Government, there- , fore, did,, not '.intend to assist, .oveti,-to 'the small extent;, done"-. recently,' 'any .'immigration thatr.was.'likely,to,' meet. with. tHoun : favourabld::conditions 'connected .'with'. the . seasons. was a steady inflow of workers to .'tho; Dominion; ■ arid, only this' , ing', -when -ho came Jrorir'Wellington m_ the Pateena; lib saw oil the steamer a considerable, iiumbor of men who 'Seemed; ■to bo of excellent type. Ho had had with, And -learned that they had been attracted to New Zealand by;haying heard that ■ there woro opportunities hero which could' n6t be obtained in ■.. the ■'■ Old .Cdimtry. ■: -\ '#-' : '"- fy; W'l '>) . - :■■ Mr.ißuddo.-also-.stated that Mr:;) A.. Barron,' Land I'ufcha|'p^p'mriiissioner, ; was 1 at present ; inspecting ' a;;?riu2i)iei:. of properties thatihnd: ' beenioffercd.E'.J'he Orari Gorgon-Estate,would' . bo-: selection -;.ra-4lafch,: and ■■■ thero • were tw.p.-''- blocks,in l ;"Hdwke l s / Bay whiohj would -Jbo: offered; at :tlip;.'sani'<» 'time.. TJibse <laridsi:';6f ; ,courso^/ : were;:t-und.er . tho, Lands "for (Settlement 'Apt'. Crowri 'ajids' ; were boing; surveyed as : quickly, as, possible . in all'districts where roaduig -.was.;.not ,teo . costly,/ and they ■ would :bo offered;- steadily month by inouth. In'regard to four hundred sections that will be';'opened up for -small sett!ers,'-.he sa.id : that; -no .'distinction whatever would be maHo' 'betweent'applicants, ..- the only'''condition was that they, must;bo. landless: V?: The .first.; hundred; sections in , Wellington', province; wore .practically ready now."Tho-areas were frpm'lOQ to 200 acres, the : balance of tho; four '■ hundred sections ' would ; bo offered■as ■ soon as possible'ifterwards. ■■'. jTJjkto" £2 an,,acre would 'be given for felling,arid.grassing"the.'first/fifty'_ acres,. and £50 -would' :bo: given:-; to'-.-.assist in. the' ;■' direction, of buildings/ Grass seed, would .be - supplied by-the-.Commissioners of ;Crowri ;.. Lands in ..the: different provinces, .who would'- - deaiict the cost from tho advances.--" All these, sections '• would. : ,bo open, to: all ■ candidates, whether they, had belonged' to the Civil ;Ser- 0 vice or not.'. .'.'; ; ': V "■''•.'■ ■