THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
Trrn Minus Land Policy. To attempt to discuss the land policy of tho, Reform Government is to set oneself a task closely resembling that of tli(> old naturalist who devoted a chapter to the snakes of Iceland —there is no such thing. But while Reform lias done practically nothing effectual in the way of opening up the land, it has been careful to avoid interfering with the vested interests of the great landholders who still, in spite of Liberal efforts, hold the largest and Lost part of the land in this country in iheir grasp. The one charge implies the other. For there are 2,700,000 acres ol unoccupied land left in the Dominion, and these areas are mostly so broken or inaccessible as to be useless for settlement. Most of the really valuable and productive land in this country is owned by a comparatively small number of persons, and obviously Reform dare not harrass or antagonise | he iricat landholders who are the bade, bone of its parly and Llie main source of its sirenglli. Auckland “Star.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1928, Page 4
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180THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1928, Page 4
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