LAND COMMISSION
XPer Press 'Association.')' Timaru, last night. The Hand Commission sat at St. Andrews to-day, and among the witnesses were tenants on Pareora No. 1 and No. 2, and Kohika. A very general complaint was that the dangee and the Land Board have not power enough to vary the cropping conditions to suit circumstances. What was especially desired was leaye to .take a third of wheat crop after cleaning weedy land. Opinions were divided ss to whether the freehold should be granted.] | The tenants opposed it if-it meant- any I | other than the original price, and the free- I [ holder opposed it if it did not. A settler I :on a small iot urged that suoh should be allowed to take another, even though not I adjoining, or to go in for a larger, before giving cp the smaller. One set6ler on No. 2 complained that the authorised descrip- I tion of the farm he drew said it was I watered. He had been unable to obtain water, and claimed that he ought to be I compensated. I
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1427, 11 April 1905, Page 2
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179LAND COMMISSION Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1427, 11 April 1905, Page 2
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