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DRIFT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH

LAND TENURE QUESTION. Mr. W. D. Hunt, of tho National Efficiency Board, speaking at tho Otngo Expansion League's luncheon last week, said that some day—perhaps after the war—he would ask them to confer with him bout a matter that had a direct bearing on the prosperity of Duncdin and all other places. He referred to tho condition of the pastoral country in the South Island. It was a South Island question, for of the 105- million acres let on pastoral leaso in Now Zealand, only half a million acres wore in the North Island. Whilst othor occupied lands had beon going up and up in value, tho pastoral' lands had gone down and down in producing value, until to-day they paid only ss. per cent, interest, or 3s. per acre. This was all because of tho vilo tenure which penalised and robbed the man who improved his land. In the North Island improvements were protected, and that was why our younc men were rushing to the North. It was not necessary to spend money or to go in for big public works to bring about a remedy; all that was needed was to alter the tenure so as to protect improvements.

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3031, 19 March 1917, Page 6

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DRIFT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3031, 19 March 1917, Page 6

DRIFT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3031, 19 March 1917, Page 6

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