TRAFFICKING IN LAND

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 302, 17 September 1919, Page 6

TRAFFICKING IN LAND

FUtMERS SHOULD HAVE FREE HAND. ■ Tho matter of. trafficking in lnnd>a| briefiVdiscussed fif yesterday s silting of , tho New Zealand Farmers Union tonforcnw! * Mr. It. Dunn (Taranaki) moved: "llint in the best interests of tho Dominion, for'the. purpose of increasing production, ■■ it is imperatively urgent that stops should he taken to put a stop to tho excessive trafficking" .m land that is tak- ' ing place in the Dominion. ■ ■ ■ Mr. 13. Maxwell (Taranaki) seconded „ the remit. In doing so ho said I>Q thought that before land was permitted to be sold a sum of 10 per cent, should bo paid off tho mortgage by tho seller. -Mr. D. Jones (North Canterbury) thought that farmers should bo allowed , ; a frco hand in their transactions. _ Ho , could not (see how they could legislate upon such a matter. ~ Mr G. Sheaf (Dunsandel) oppored-tho motion. What ttoy should ami-at preventing, he said, were the operations ot "land sharks," -who, ho claimed, were the cause of all the trouble. "...,., • Several other speakers tho, remit on the ground that they did. not think that farmers should bo proventert 'from ■spending, their own money it -tney wanted to do w- One delegate said a mortgage wa-i the "best thing n man could have round his >,eek. for it K?Pt i him /out <tf hotels, and from spending his 'money unwisely." (Laughter.) The remit was rejected unanimously.