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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 575, 20 November 1902, Page 1

Forty yc-ars ago, tuen in this colony! bought freehold land • n ten shillings an acre, and stuck to it. Such men throve in the unprogressive days of old far better than the Crown tern nits of these boasted progressive times t hrive now. We can recall the men winy, built up their fortunes on small freebclc’.s, when butter was but fourpencs a pou.nd. aud meat but a penny a pound, and *jiey are living amongst us yet. Hard ti lugs could not take the heart out of a (reel io!der—but good times do not seem to tnak.e the leaseholder contented. With millions of acres of waste land and untouched Native territory at our disposal, there is no excuse for undermining and destroying the freehold title. Should men in search of a freehold be compelled to go to South Africa, or Canada, in order to obtain c\ne on reasonable terms ?—Wairarapa Thmes,