PURCHASE OF LAND FOR SOLDIERS
••FAU.VRRB ASK- - TO. BE '• BEPISB-. •' SEXTED ON ADVISORY BOARD. By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent. ■ Palmerston North, March 27..- . At n meeting of the Provincial Farmers'' Union a reply was received from the Minister of Lands to the request that farmers should be placed. on the Advisory Board in connection with.the.pur-; chase of land for-returned soldiers; The Minister of Lands wrote that it would be. impossible-(o r.ccede to the request. Some, members pointed out that advice given by the leading farmers to the Land Purchase Board had been disregarded, and none of the places suggested' had beeif secured. The board , had turned down-suitable land at !i' fair) price, and had ; purchased land totally,*'--'unsuitable jit n, much'liigher, figure. ' One member gave an instance where-a suitable property had I been offered and rejected. The properly was afterwards: purchased' by n speculator, ivlio eventually sold it to, the. Government fit a higher. price.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 157, 28 March 1919, Page 10
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152PURCHASE OF LAND FOR SOLDIERS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 157, 28 March 1919, Page 10
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