THE LAND.
To the Editor. Sds,—-You deserve the thanks of the people of this Province for first putting them on the alert respecting the probability of large blocks of land being rushed into the market and sold by the Provincial Executive to meet very urgent and pressing difficulties. No wonder our Provincial officers were afraid of showing the position of the Province to the commission of the General Government. After reading the leading article in to-day’s ‘Daily Times,’ Mr Macandrew’s latest manifesto in defence of Provincialism in Otago is simple nonsense. Go on with your good work, sir, and do everything in your power to prevent the public estate being sacrificed to land speculators, which would surely prove the ruin of this part of New Zealand. Eather than this should occur it would be better to allow the Colony to pay our debts, giving the land as security to the Colonial Government for the purpose only of their opening it up for bond fide settlement. Monster meetings should be held throughout Otago, strongly protesting against large blocks of land being sold by the Executive.—l am, &c., ' J CT Dunedin, April 15.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18760415.2.13.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Evening Star, Issue 4098, 15 April 1876, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
191THE LAND. Evening Star, Issue 4098, 15 April 1876, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in