The Chronicle LEVIN THURSDAY,MAY 10, 1916. LEVENS GREATEST NEED.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 10 May 1917, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN THURSDAY,MAY 10, 1916. LEVENS GREATEST NEED.

Everybody 'knmv.s it. It is the iued for closer settlement of the land surrounding Levin. Such progross as Levin Ims made during the last five years is clearly traceable to the cutting up and settlement of a number of the larger areas of in the vicinity of the town. Unfortunately, the. fulLst avail has not been made by the authorities of tlio opportunities placed in their way for the acquirement of suitable lands for subdivision. The Wirokino areas are a cnse in point. These, we underst lid, wore rejected as being too high priced in contrast with quality; yet the fact r: ma ins that a private purcliaoar who fanned one block of a few hundred acres for less than two years was able to show such good results that he disposed of 'his block to another purchaser at an advance of over one! thousand pounds on what the first- sale totalled ; and the thousandpoundid did not include the extira moneys for buildings. There is ;i disposition on the part of the Land Purchase Commissioners—to our way of thinking—to underestimate the advantages that Levin lands derive as a consequence of their proximity to Wellington. There is a consider-1 able advantage arising from the fact tlint mai'ket produce from Levin caD bo landed in "Wellington more cheaply and more expeditiously and in better condition than is the case with produce from districts less favorably cirtmnyaftianced. These |are flaefcs that sliould .be borne in mind when the price of land is under consideration. A seller generally is well aware of the advantages of situation; and he prices his land accordingly. In saying what we have said, we have in view the rumor that the trustees of the MdDonald Estate have offered to the Government a-portion of the best lands in that estate. No better land is to be fc.und around I/evin. The estate is to the town and railway; the higli-pressure water-supply of Levin Borough runs within easy distance of the area offered for sale; and I 'in most respects the lands would be found eminently well placed for dairying, fruitgrowing or poultry-rais-ing. Returned soldiers placed upon land such as this would (have a fair chance of success; but if compelled to Fettle on rough and far-off locations, simply because they were lower in lilve soldier .settlers would be handicapped through lack of convenient market, and to an even greater extent by having to undergo the exhausting physical exertion inseparable from the process of improving virgin ground.