THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
LAND SETTLEMENT. *' j • H ' With the passing of the/Land Bill, in the Legislative Council: last j the hew Government’s/most importanclegislative Act is completed,/. The re-; ception in thp. Council, like that in the? Tffiwer HouseV was favourable,.and the' Minister of Lands is to be coperatulat-' i ed ottrthe c.oiriparatiye ,eas©'with which ‘'the ; 'measure'h'as been passed 'into law, The ra’6st ; interesting amendment made Iri the House was the appointment of a farmer, to tne Land Development. Board,’ There had been some uneasiness lest Hie Board ris originally constituted, - composed of the Minister and . civil servants, should become bureaucratic, arid the Minister .-.was wise to accept the proposal that an outsider with practical experience ofc farming should be includedr Administration counts for so much in land laws. ’ The most .liberal may be stultified by rigid unsympathetic,*or ignorant application. - - . ,■ '
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 October 1929, Page 4
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140THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 24 October 1929, Page 4
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