A BOOM IN LAND.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8168, 27 April 1895, Page 1

A BOOM IN LAND.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— Tho Government do not seem to rouli.-e, though they ni^y .hink tlift^ thoir constituents tiro so thick tn tho tuad that) they do not sou that their tl.im to be tha L beral Gove ninenc la all moonshine ; uud I am bure tho shareholders in tho Pukeuri Dairy Factory mil not see much hbera'ity in the Government endearoiing to extort Lll 10 1 a year rent for a quarter of an acre ai Pukeuri, when a whole acre of freehold cou d be got for about tha came ptioe. But perhaps the Government hid been out in thoir geography, and thought the land was in close proximity to Pomahiki. I am sometimes voiod when I re-id of this Liberal Govert.ment proolatming from the north to tha south of the colony their great anxiety for tho wellaro ol tho puople, and their ogerntsa to assist thorn in establishing uew industries for our benefit, yet we find them doing all in their p >w«r in tho other direction. The small peoo of land Hsktd for by the Company one would lihvo thought they would gltdly have hande t them over for nothing. But not ho. They wanted over eleven times its value. I would not dara to ask their Tyne street fiiend to gather up a handful of hia primest invectives and ihrow them at tho hoid of the Government over thin rtfiair, knowing that he is in receipt of their favors, But perhaps it would nob bt> asking too much ot Thomas to take his ptiucely nightcip oft »nd draw his feet) out of the waste basket and knock some light into the Government, so that they m«y see their w»y to give the factory iha Uud for nothing — I am, etc.. Pukeuri,