HONE AND LAND SEtTLEMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2038, 7 October 1919, Page 2

HONE AND LAND SEtTLEMENT.

To nakoc, Mitta Kalita. How are you, Hone 1 I thought you had deserted the village. Don’t you polieve it! 1 been to see my rerations, but te pally train he not go, so I stop a long tinrn aw,jiy. Wcrra, I glad to got home again, I came to sec yon pout te Maori land in this part. You link te Gowefmcnt buy te Maori land which ns pheller lease to te pakelia 1 ?

You mean for soldier settlement purposes; Hone f Yes, tat it, for te soldier boy. Py kripe! 1 tink te Maori te bally fool, isn’t it ’? He lease te land to te pakelia for te Is 9d an acre. Werra, te pakelia say, no good to short lease; kapai te long lease for 21 years, am! he pull out fe money. Te Maori, when he see te pakelia. cheque hook he-jus’ like te fish for te bait. He too silly to see to hook. He see (e motor car, te noo suit clothes, te noo boot, le noo dress for te missis, to picture show and te lotalisator. He too much te fool; he can't see te 21 years. Merra, he A lease te land, and te pakelia te boss for 21 year. Ten te war be come, and te price go up for te sheep and te pollock and te kai, andte pakelia wit le lease ho gel 1c big profit, but lie newer gif Hone any more for le land!

Well, Hone, you entered into the bargain, and must abide by it. Too much humabug te bargain. I ward to know why te Gowermeut not lake te land for te soldier and pay te pakeha for to lease and to Maori for te land. Te pakeha make plenty money from te laud all te lime te 'T war go on, isn’t it ? Xow, I terra you, why te Gowerment let te pakeha say te other pheiJer, 1 buy your land £3O or £35 te acre. He buy te land, but he do nutting, but ho sell again in one month or two month, and .he make £5 (e acre, £lO te acre, and lie pul in te haekshide pocket £2,000 or £3OOO. He lend tis £2,000 or £3,000 te Loan, and to Gowermenl say he te worry patriotic pheller. That’s what is called speculating, Hone.

W’erra, I link te bad business, and I like to know why te Gowermenl no buy te Maori tease land if lie let to pakeha speculate. Xo good te Gowerment wait 21 years pefore ho buy le Maori land for te soldier. Te Maori like to sell te lease land to le Gowerment now. 1 see what you are driving at, Hone. Yon think if Ihe land speculator is allowed to ply his nefarious culling and put his gains into war bonds without income tax and load Die laud for file incoming tenant, that the Mauri owners should be allowed to cancel their leases, com- \ pensala the lessees, and sell the freehold to the Government. I am afraid the law would not allow that, Hone,, The land law no bally good, anyhow. Te law say.one man only have so much land. Te pakeha only larp te law. What he do? Te pakeha say ;»o much land lielonga my wife, so much my gal, so much my poy, so much' my graudfadder. Too much te humabug. You object to dummying, I lone ! I dunno, lint I want te Gowerment to buy some of te Maori lease land. Xo bully good le sale of te laud wlieu Hone amt te missis in (e cemetery. I goiu’ to see Clammy Carroll, Xgata, and Pomai*e, and form to Maori Laud Union.