HIGH COUNTRY PROBLEMS
SUBMISSIONS BY COMMITTEE Special Correspondent WELLINGTON, Nov. 23. Chief points in the submissions made on behalf of the South Island High Country Committee to the Royal Commission on the Sheep Farming Industry, sitting in Wellington last week, were:— 1. ’ That steps must be taken without delay to arrest the deterioration of high-country lands. 2. That costs of production must be prevented from rising further. 3. That a tribunal be established to govei n the conditions of pastoral and grazing run leases, to which the farmer may appeal from the decisions of the Lands and Survey Department.
4. The committee submits its comment on problems facing catchment boards in dealing with erosion, and declares that in conservation measures there should be as little interference as possible with the really economic use of the land. 5. Facilities and amenities for highcountry farmers and their workers should be made readily available, and a training scheme undertaken by the Government where youths with an interest in back-country life could serve an apprenticeship, with the later expectation of financial assistance to become owners of their own properties.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26626, 24 November 1947, Page 4
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185HIGH COUNTRY PROBLEMS Otago Daily Times, Issue 26626, 24 November 1947, Page 4
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