INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLE IN VICTORIA
offioial;pa3iphlets .impugned* By. Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec.: July.2, 3.30 p.m.)' London, July 2. . In- the i House of Commons,' Mr. Jv MacVeagh, Nationalist,: asked whether CTOvenuiieiit was aware that Vio> torian ■ official literature held.' out ; in-, .dncements to settlers in' irrigation districts, assuring them of immunity loss through dry seasons; that irriga*/ tion had failed, the, Government, or .Water Commission, having gambled oil the; chance of rain and lost;' andwhether steps would '.be ■ taken to compensate British settlers .'misled by ,tha official prospectus.. -V' ' ,' .''' Mr. Bouar Law, /Secretary-'of Stat# for tie Colonies,.in-reidy, said that he believed that. the. statement that any, Victorian Government publication .elimj inated the .risk was' without foundation. Provision for water was made oil the basis of the lowesti-river flow on! record, but the recent drought had produced a new record.. . The: Government; had suspended tho collection of rent for tkrco years by way of compensation* •
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 6
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153INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLE IN VICTORIA Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 6
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