LAND TAX.

Otaki Mail, 2 August 1922, Page 4

LAND TAX.

I. ;jj:'e!-lmy ■s>i._v;i(.w-n-jr's Union, lie cliamuaii .Mi I . A ihitheri'oul, staled ilun in hi- opinion the time had ai i iv.-d -.- Itell ii.e .:: adua'Cil latii.l tax -iit.iiJd not- I." api'lted to those properties ' -on.pi i ■ <<::! large areas o; hi..!, c.jiiuirv o.'iitcli '-ould not be prolitabix v.-,a :,:•>.■ m smali aieas. J'he applt.tii:..i: 'ios -ysii'in :<. Uie large sheep i 0: - imnit I- imperathe on the own er.- oi established flocks to baist up then estates as far as po-sible. which also meant the di-persai ol liiose e-.-itb i-ht-.i -10. ks oi sheep. J'iiis was a ;....■ e i til calamity, a- 'Peso Hocks were ihe ha lilione : ilie sheep-owning industry, and were tiie only mean- ; \vherei.y the low country flocks coul"! • P.- kep- Uji to the standard whicli had , made New Zealand lamb known i throughout the woj-ld. The ainalgama- f ■.a n of h!oc!;s of graving Country so ;:!:-- they could be profitably worked was a national necessity. The old- ■ established flocks were rapidly going. out or' existence through the opera- i lion oi tiie graduated land Tax when ; applied to areas of country which were •i-i'."e unsuitable foi profitable closer; -eitiemeiit. I; this procedure was noi ! s: -i i ed, no suitable stock would be i available for this class of country, as ; . iere was no source of supply of • sheep suited to high grazing country. ! it was generally agreed that the largo j stock-owners must be encouraged m j kerp their tin. ;<s intact, as any other j police mtj=t eventuatr, result in na- ;