RISE OF CANBERRA

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17170, 30 March 1927, Page 5

RISE OF CANBERRA

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SYDNEY, March 17. A tour of the Federal capital and the surrounding .country will be an eye-opener for the Royal visitors. One of the most active bodies at the capital to-day is the Federal Territory Lessees' Association. The fact that a city population at Canberra will alter the whole aspect of the surrounding land settlement in the near future, that wool growers will benefit only to a limdted extent by that development and changa and that farmers fortunate enough to hold picked areas will be provided with a handy market for tbeir produce, le,d to tbe formation of the association, Canberra used to be known as a district of- land monopolists. Only a ( rfew years back tbe bleating of a > few sheep alone broke tbe silence of tbe great empty spaces. Things are different to-day. Tbe territory has' now fearned recognition as a- successful jBxperiment 3n closejr settlement on the leasehold form bf tenure, the -pnly tenure which is recognised by. the Federal Government. Graziers recognise that they are not assessed, in their rentals, right up to the capital value of the lands immediately outsidq the new city, and are becoming pertarbed at the prospect of a move in that direction,