THE FEILDING CHRONICEL AND ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, SEPT 13, 1879. CHEAP LAND.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 74, 13 September 1879, Page 2

THE FEILDING CHRONICEL AND ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, SEPT 13, 1879. CHEAP LAND.

Mb. W aite^^Johnkcon, m addressing the durihg-inUi jej%m|»aigri/ a$ 0 i^fiandidato, | -for ,;their isuffiragesf str^ckyjtwp; ,p©^rf^ ! cjipr ds 4n rr iKe^breas js voj^^jbi^/audience^tich • iXibrated^in^unisqiLf^jitß^ jjiia. -utteimpces, whea, ha^ng^pnJLshed^M^rexieyjoi.jciie jpftst^'hej/tii^e^jMs/jalteiitiQ^fto ;ins\ir,ej; aml^ '^tatm^.;wtatyrS^afures lie was prepaid ;to s^p'por^ announced that he slwal.dytp.t©, for, land.pjrHef erred pay tnehfe/iinll %lko W^he o re v ;inipbsition;: o£ the duty on foreign timber. Wei hardly Itnbvr'whicn of ' Weso 'announce.! merits evoked the greater amount of ap- ! platise. 6|ts^r j iraportanqe.^iniThe^iately^to^he district and prospectively^to'thfe 'cdlbny atl irge, and we shall take an earlyi^opporjru.n'iiy of dSsoassingfyeacb: a>f .them* ai^lengthi ,;E!or .tUerpresisntt ,^e ü ßli|a]J,,c<?jifi !^e^pur^rjei .mark? to ;the, f or^er^li'etskle'.pf r J,and on deferred, jpayments..., . . ;f ;. r r; .; r k;,.,,,] -: : v Tq J^iQse^io': tnpV jttie^djfficuliy ;of obtaiuing land at^al^ppm^ensura^ jmth {jtligrniear^s /gl^B^^iT^c^pitaiia^s^th^^sale' of land at a* ■l6^\>ate,"'pi!i'-^%4f^ c - I ?^' paymen|a f rp ppnciplei , ,l,ut .^subject; "to -^tra^fentiiasMyntial / dnd imprbvemeafc ;dia^'sfs/'>m^^Ba*tf^ %s a ; l sdted'4ta' I wMletfdm&%oli^^^ hare always^ 'l>b'vU^]i!9^i(|i*d^«l^ewUbi^,,' >] the' riebe^si^ oin^r«^idi^> forilsniall: farmers on t liis principle, and thfembre we see of its working, the more are rtjijer con^inced-,a^ once of -its, necessity a^a its c sMndn6Bs. • r J -Lan3 i hliliepto . has proved s^ch^A saf e^and jlucratiye in vesjtment, that! at every sale of "Crown lands, it; is vgreedily-trnapped up bythe large capitalists -at prices quite beyond the. reach of their|le^ T f4vQr^d^eliow; colo-jj .^n^wjiat iis the ; ifesnit ? gimpljv ; thair r the i •^andT-jn' / n'ine'ty^cases - but p£; .c.very, , hundred^lie's' 'idlS, 5 unimprbyed,'; BtndVvnp^' r -prbductive; j for ;; ybarfei^ ;l^tinHts !^iiVal stMe^untia: thb''exten-; of pur railway 1 systerai-and the : cbn-.; n bf i ;Goufa'ty r 'rpa.ds'\'and district roads, shall ; have givtn^i^^n- enhanced; -yalue,. in^omerinstances almost verging ?on 'flie^'f abiilbus.,' HijjFV [ do ' not ; "wittf these worthy gentlemen, nor- 'deny,* thwrn t ( h e. right to' investrthe\r capital as ''sejenietH best't^'tliem. r E.v'eryjman Jias la Vr^ght tb _ ; ; 'jdo i* ; it ! is - all ; "l)urikum : '' !^raiiing at^ them v as ' land- j sharks, or other •11 tiavb^ed'.beaWts of ;! ji'rejri 'foT 1 thb§ ! e" whblaunch^ the heaviest objurgations against 'them would- act precisely -' : - -'stniilarly 'i^f m. equally if ortu- A vnate^pbSttibns^ 1 / Biit •: while : tib^lquaYrellin'g -thWser' we must protest thejand, orat'a^y :^ate- v th©' ' greater portion ?i^f ' Stj ,-beinglocked^pffor^ears;^doing 1 no^ gppd c fQr the ■■Aviinoil -the cpuTity, or the cplony, withput;du^e ;and siifflbieiit p'foVisibn being '.made 'for smalt 'farmers vin^. the i manner wi^,. have indifc^ed^.-Ilitis'the small f armbrs^the^rjpdttcer's-^Tfho are the baetbone' pPthe.';cQlonyi" Taking a broad view'oEtK^subjectV:,^n^ !^ "farther ■ ifitbj the! : V r e are > J sorry' to^ay^bur'shoddy : statesmen are acqustomed,,tp "dpY-for,vtiuder the plea bf ; the' exige'Aoy. of ,the umes, they have invariably ta'dbpile'd'' a sishted, hanVlilcZ-mMh^kiria ' of'pollicy— looking further,, the^fi^tuce, when a ' net wd'rfe; 1 o^-Tail ways " shall'^cbver the^ colony frbinone'end tathe other, what ■ class-., pf the 'cpmmui^i^y wilL con^rihute more' tb the railway receipts than the farmers, the p^rqdiicers who make the land disgorge its hid deWridhes; whilst on the other "hand tjie speculators,' whose lands have been so greatly en-; hanced m value; byT the railways constructed with horrowed' millions, ophtribiite.npt a stiver- towards paying off the interest thereon. ' The policy we are advocating has been tried with signal success m the Kiwitea Block, where a large reserve was made for sale on deferred payments, and sold, if we rightly retnenjhfcr, af; £1 per acre, with ; seyen years to pay it jm- vThere : |wer^; jt :^<? stirne. stringent conditions 'as' to J r^siderice^ and the amount of improvements to be effected each year ; but, notwithstanding the great difficulty the settlers had to contend with, owing to having rip roads-^ no means bf access to thai r holdings — these conditions hare m«re than been complied with, and a more contented or prosperous community >it would be difficult to meet with. The subject comes., home •: with peculiar farce to North Maiiawatu at, the presept time. Beyond Eiwitea; a largo block of Native land- -the Otemakapua--has recently been acquired by the Government, and, at' no very remote .date, be offered fp? ga^e, tru,st th,^ <&!;

thrice-elected member will not allow the matter to escape his notice, bnt will use Ms influence m the House to have considerable slices— not otfy of this block, -but of 1 all others which may be acquired by the| Government— set apart for sale on deferred payments at the same price, and with conditions similar to those imposed on purchases at Kiwitea. By so doing, he will not only prove the sincerity cf his professed intentions-^---wlnch bat few doubt— but will also confer a substantial benefit upon his constituency and the colony generally; :;'