LAND AGGREGATION

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2786, 2 June 1916, Page 8

LAND AGGREGATION

'/^"Several" (lelegatea at tho confer-' ; v . (-'enoe', of , the /-. farmers' Union fo Levin spoke iu favour . of '."su6divi<iing ..large., estates, so .tnai gM>j laiiils' iiiight be' made 'available . for. re- ~ tuine'd^soiUiew;"'That*was"the..ivay to : . deal with them satisfactorily; it was no i " on-out-of-the-way lands; > .r,■;. tEere-.Hiey would fail; ~piit the'm'oii'lands (v,: -)ieav..'setuement; lands" such as certain ?. . ■ around Tenui (Wairarapa) that i- ivefe owned by absentees. - contended that, the aggregation .of lauds was' inevitable; the sood :farmer' bought h - out" the bad one 3; the objection against ! .TiMarfd aggregatioivwas a, bogey that stop- >'. ■ ped'enterprise; it ivas a bogey that impiov«l vaiiies should not be taxed, ivhere- ! ' u5, in reality, improvements should lie . .. ' ;_ .tai£d; they represented a man's real proliK Jand showed the measure of his suc- , ce&S'.' , . ' . "i'lio liiscussion disclosed a clear line '~i amongst the. delegates, and /'■ ttte , "6i)eeclies ivere forcible at times.' On being taken, the motion wasipar-; rieif by 20 votes to 14.-: ■ i .I'Jfe. remit (from Feilding)" T\'as ,on the i;. ; fqllS\ving terms: "That iu now of the ser- . ■ ioifs''menace aggregation of land.is becom--4 inS>'to 'tho.welfare of this country, .tho ' , : Government be urged to take ; moro effec- ; . tiviv*measures to prevent same." ~ 5 Moss,, president, moved: "That,thfe: ; . . conference to express "its 6ym- . pfftlly. with'the various district soldiers' iltp irtments in their efforts to^^find employ-, i. ; ment for returned soldiers, and .will. do. f.*' \ i® its p»wer lb find employment for ail Vsoldiers whenever . possible." The' I: m oi,%r said this motion would show that the council had rejected the pro- ! : J>o£al to .approach tlie:'-Dominion ' 6t ! 11 was. in favour of the principle. was carried unanimously.. .."Tliera Ja a to kill too many s y.; Auckland district," V siud. Alr. S. J. Aanbury, ohairman of the : , Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company, : 'conuiienting-npjim'itlie Primo Minister's reference to the matter on the-previous day. He went on to eay, that his company was not killing many ; 'calves this year, because it would , not' v_ ■ take up space wanted .for beef,, etc.,-.for " ■ f x P°, rt -, far this year; the company had-kuled about 1000 calves, though maijy . . more would have been forthcoming if it :i ■" . - l mve talien them. , Last, year's '' lcillilies totalled 1500, and the year before I -' killed 3000 .calves.' ' ■ V * ",ifF 6r the demand for clear-headed i'■ . constructive thinking in business been f i ' its it is right now. We r a progressive age, and must take !, advantage of nl! up-to-date methods. It S .\. isjn savings from waste of' any. descrip- • ' tion.'that money is.mado to-day, : and by . concentrating one'a efforts" on-all'';details. .business we claim'to be. able to Ptosnce: results for our-many cream sap- . Wei want.more, cream. Can.you supply us? Further particulars,'Wanga- .: nuuFresh Food Co.—Advt. i ■