LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 25 July 1919, Page 4

LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

-,; r British Government has adopted i a py;.lem tor the, .settlement of soldiers j ■ mi land, which in theory certainly ap- : ik.;,, .«*,. !,.■ very forward and advanced I ' io ili.j |irrs'.-iil system of purchasing oil I piercnl valuer,' as practised in Ihi i| ' Dominion. The system as applied at j Home i: . briefly, that at the end of j seven years an account will bo taken. The price v. kick the soldier settler can ; afford and will have to pay will be | |j...,( at the actual working value of j j the land, and the difference between . | that ligurc and the amount aetually j Ipaid i" the land owner will be charged | ( against the Treasury —that is against j I it,,. ; . e. lal la. payor. Thai system .«,-!aiiily piovidos some protection lo 11,,, soldier iis compared with our- own. where lie puichases at current value: ur not—as various people „,:,- regard llie.m, and without any provision for ea-eiucnl should lean years . ~,,„.,,.. |;„i il.t- English system, liberal ;„ j,;,,!,™ as n is. 'still calls fort'li ; trenchant criticism. For instance the | "Daily Marl" says: "The scheme up- j pears to us to be a thoroughly unsound I taxpayers for the purpose of putting I extravagant profits into the pockets of j land owners and speculators. We advise (lie Government to try again. A (lrui announcement even now that land will be coiupulsorily taken at a reasonaide price withoul regard to the recenl • infiation/if vakies would soon drive the peculators out of the market."