CROWN LANDS
THE OBLIGATION OF FARMERS
“MANY DISINCLINED TO PAY.”
DUNEDIN,, August 14 In the course of an address to members of the Otago Land Boar-cl, this morning the. Minister of Lands, Hon. E. A. Ransom, made brief reference to relief that had been given to Crown tenants in the shape of rates and irrigation and drainage payments.
There were many people in a position to pay who did not do so, he said. There-were many good farmers who thought the Goyernment was fair game and that if' they "could put anything over,” the Government they did not regard it as dishonest or dishonourable to do so. Some fanners who were in a position to pay were showing such disinclination to meet their obligations that the Government was not oncouraged to go ahead with any further irrigation, drainage or developmental schemes.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1933, Page 7
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141CROWN LANDS Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1933, Page 7
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