The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30,1885. ELECTIVE LAND BOARDS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1494, 30 October 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30,1885. ELECTIVE LAND BOARDS.

' Thejollowiiig rcmarki^of the SouthimdS'ikea upon el^tir^ Land Will' meet* with widespread approval : — If, therefore, the choice is^to-jbe made (between, a norarnated'j/oSr^apl an elective one, we thing the latter would be tbe most preferable and more m |aym^ "pat^^with'^tKe.Jge. Provided wide electorates are mage, aud the tenure of office i«, say for three years, the stability Bdd;in(Jependenceof such a board would be sufficiently scoured, and sympathy with the wants and struggles of the people who are making, homes m the waste lands would hot be wanting, A nominated board is apt to ge^fossilised, it is forget thdt the groat view is to settle people on the land, and "to aid and encourage them to do ho. The members, get m a groove, and become iii ere money-grub b e'rs for the ! J (ioVeru/triont, being inclined to grasp at the biggest prices, possible* : .^hey^. .are , in-,, el.ined always to act as if a present -money advantage was the solo end and aiui of the Board; infaptil act on the time-honored principles of selling m tbe dearest market. - "If tue'board~was TSn~ elected one, it would at once transform the members into men of high syraIfplftby";'' 'The'twantTofiJie publfc would be' studied—not of the "present 'only, but rof the Every Scrap of, land would not be turned into ready easti/but the future population would bethought of by making ample reseives for public ■use. ; Generally, members would interest i tbempelyes;in_ail matteif treating ggfhijp successful .settlement of people on thT landj-and would help them; t6i get], on , it. and keep there. . ; >/•- .-;f?;ii';-) .Ui-,-> •; ><