Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1905. THE NEXT STEP IN LAND REFORM.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3518, 6 May 1905, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1905. THE NEXT STEP IN LAND REFORM.

j Mr J. H. Wmxiir-Y. M-. Pr. in the 3 VVorhl's U’ni'k ;uiii Fiav,” after if p inti g om tin- urgent no d for land reform, outlines a u'lnecly : —“ What is wanted is >o jtnt land, the jtrimary element of production, on a free trade basis. Abolish its dnitu'idl mPnopoly. Lei it come at fiVe. tfiule prides to those who can put it to the highest use. How can this he done ? By taki g taxes off production and improvements , ncl placing them on the un mprovod value of tire land, whether it is n oil to its full value or not. This would d. strov the withholding power, make owners compete tor user-, and reduce rent to is natural economic level. Ihe method might be very simple, and it, might be aceompauii: 1 by automatic rcgislr diou of owners Mr Whitley would make the.owner, on registering, put down the value of iris land:—■“ If a value were relumed too low, the remedy would not bo far to seek, lor the register being open, any bona fide user willing to advance on the declared value could make an offer to the owner, and if the offer were refused, claim that '.he valuation should be raised at least to that level.” The writer goes on to summarise (he result of taxes on these lines levied in New South Whiles, of id in £ on capital value. He says it has been quite effective in breaking down the speculative withholding of land, and in promoting the transfer of land to those who could use it best. One result is significant : In (he preceding four years the number of unemployed registered with the Labour Bureau had been rS,Coo, 12,145, 13,575, 14.062. In the three years immediately following the figures fell to 6,427, 4,167, 3,483. Taking £150,000,000 as the minimum estimate of capital value, the land in the United Kingdom would yield £15,623,000 annually.

The Borough Council will meet on Monday evening for ordinary business. A special sitting will also he held fo make a special order closing Gray Street.

A proposal to divide the parish of Foxton cum Rongotea into t\i>o separate divisions has been shelved pending some definite movement being made on the part of the Rongotea church people. At the m'-eting of parishioners of .AH Saints last evening the vestry was authorised to order, as soon as the balance of the purchase money habeen guaranteed, a new pipe organ Lathe church.

The Athletic Club cycling committee will wait on the Borough Council on Monday night in connccioa with matters pertaining to the pro posed improvements. Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day M derate to strong winds from between north-east and north and west after 20 hours from now ; glass fall ; tides good ; sea moderate. At Whiltlesea, Victoria, recently, a presentation was made to Mr James Morris, who has sat continuously a? a councillor for 40 years, and was opposed at every election except the last. Mr Morris is go years of age.

Reccnlly a statement was circulated tint Germanv was negofiafing for the purchase 01 Timor Island (in (he Malay Archipelago). The Common ward! I; communicated wi:h the Imperial j authorities, who p plied that the inquiries made did imt show any groundfor the rumour. The annual meeting of parishioners of All Saints Anglican Church was held last evening, when there was an attendance of six gentlemen besides the vicar, and nine ladies. The usual routine business was transacted, a report of which is unavoidably held over. Land is difficult (0 obtain in Grey mouth (says a Coasl exchange). The major portion of the town is built on Maori leaseholds at enormously high rentals, and vacant abutments are not to he had. The freehold town lies southward, and there a quarter-acre residential site commands as high a price as £250. Even at that figure really good sites are difficult to obtain. A new departure has been made by meat shippers in the Argentine Repub- . lie, and it is a departure which mayaffect considerably the frozen meat trade. Shipments ot live stock are prohibited from entering Britain from outside, and so River Plate sheep are now being ssnt to Antwerp alive ; thev are killed and dressed there as Dutch mutton, and then sent to London nnd sold as Dutch. Many buyers have been deceived, but the meat is well spoken of, and this new branch of the trade seems to have every possibility of developing. As a sequel to the riotous behaviour in a Waitii street on Saturday night last, six young men—James Graham, Ernest Jenkins, Woodward, O’Brien, Payne, and W. Johns—were charged at the Waihi Police Court on Thursday with wilfully obstructing the police while in the execution iff duty. EGdence for the defence of Graham, whs that he had assisted to keep (fie crowd kack. Evidence for the prosecution was that he had wilfully obstructed the police. After lengthy evide-.ce occupying the whole day, the Bench imposed a fine of £lO, with costs. Counsel appearing for four of the others, on the Court resuming this evening, explained that afler hearing the expression of opinion of the Bench, had advised the accused to plead guilty. Each was fined £5. The sixth case,* William Johns’s is being defended!

The Valuation Department inserts a notice in this issue;

An .American visitor to New South Wales, writing to the Sydney Morning Herald, says: —"Nature has been most lavish to blew Zealand. Nowhere in the Whole world is there a 1 1tmtry like her for sdenery and cl.male.”

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