HOMES FOR SETTLERS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 66, 9 November 1931, Page 4

HOMES FOR SETTLERS

LAND DEVEt.OPMENT OUTLINE 6F ^^Oy^Nl^feNT'S EXTENSIVE PLArifS AND ACTIVITIES STATEMENT Bf MlNISTER ^ Ih' vieW bf tlie fact that increased land • settlemerit qnd p'ro'duhfcioh is g-enef aRy. acceptedvrife a.=merinSiOf prq.vidirig reprb'du'Qtiye work -for th.e pntt emplQyed^ .cpnsidera-ble dnterest, wjil attach tb the' f qUoWing; ,stat.ement by the Minister of Lands (the Hon. E. A,. ltans,6rir)' regardirig, the rictivities 0'f h'is, Departmept iri that cpnriectioirf)., . "At th'e present .tim#.," 5said . Mri," Ransom; ".wiqfk qsl-.proceedin'g oriv lf sep^rate: dreas, cohfprishig a total: joi 70;00'0 a'qr.eg;. Qf thi§ arqa..36,OOP actgs is tb be'.devoloped,". afid On Gfepteipbef 36, abbut ;700 .iriep .were Omt ploy.qd . in., roadmaking/ clearing . .and cultivation.i.. T.Welve, thblusgub. acrqs have alregdy beOtt clcared; 3.666 acrqs have", bhec, cultiVatedj,. ;and ,3000 acres are. in peW grass: ...The total, expeih diture apthOrised .t,o ;dat# ajhounts. tb £271,00.0, of.wh.ich. £9.7, Q6Q hri^.been expended. v fs -„esf jmatrid thrit ,thj k area now bejifg^ develp'pedi.wiU ftovide 250 hojdipg^, ;;.p?acticaliy. - thb Whqle..of which will b'e devo'ted t'6 dairying; .... t B Details of Blocks "The blocks1 ori which', ..airiong others, ..develqpment .work is now procfeed'ing are as fqllows';— , ^ ^r6m0]|a( .ricres, pear, . fe Arpha. .Wffl' prpvirie ( qarny fqrins. . bi\epu:_ 2,|46\acres,;rie§p Bay^qf Plerity. 'Will provi'de. 16 dairy f arms. . Ngakuru, .N, 9. Ir 2230 acres, ariear Kotorua; 1213 , acres hav^ heen ;de; velppV4, .Wilf ptovide.,i6; dmry farms^ , Ngahuru, Nq. 2:. 60;00'_apres, near Rofbrua; §30*0 .^acrqs j?qirig„ dhyelopl e'd.„ jWfil .pfoyide ^5 dairy f arms. u Ngamahanga: l6»8"6'0* acres, rie'ar Mohaka/ ,t 46 0 0' ^acr es4 beip'g clear ea. WilNprpyide Jix .sh*eei),,runs. ^ , Galatea r,. 22, '066^ acyes, ri'ear. Murupara, 34 mil'es .frqm Edge'cumbe railway statibn; 5000 acres tb,be.;developed. Wi.ll provide new d'airyirig setHemenf of 1'20 holdirigs; _the exceptfon,,. ^ of galatea blqck, whicK was purchased Bjr t$e Growri ior .deVelimment and. settjer> irierit, tne ^^.a'reas ref erred fq .cqmprise uriqccupied Grown iand whi'eh, imtil the nriw policy was put mto eftecr Was totally. uriproductivel The J»enefi'ciaT result to trhe Domiriioripf bririging iritb u'tiTisatibn sqch" a largq far ea of virgin couritry will be readiiy appreciated. Ngdkuru BTbcTcs "Grie oi thf iho§t; f&tm&mg yelorimerik ari ea'b' is' ffieJ Ngakrir fil Hlbch whlre th£ wbfk i'§ Beirig cafrfed b'ut und'br thfe d'irecfibri bf- th'b' Hiel'ds DiVisioir bf D'bpdrtriferif bf .AgrfcuL turbv It Fs- SitUatbd 20' riiiiibs ffbrri Rbfdrua',' ribar AtdamUriV dricf fs typ--ical of riidtfy thousarids- of acres1 of pumice cburitryV Whidh1 fn th'e p'asf ha's' n'ot B'eeri rbgarded1 fs c^pdhlW bf- bcon'omib' d'ey'elopmbrit: Td-'d'ay the' 1 200' a'crbs oi ririfetu'rib' esthhl'i^he'd urid'bf the scheme, and thri developed afbaqf the GrifKri'e' seffleriilrit adjolrifrig, make a- sfriHri'g b'a'sis' vS a desteffe: of shrjih1 arid1 fbrn; .Th'e" drisf bf cleSi1ingV bul'tiVafirigV mariitfirig arid sbwiri'g With bertifi'ed s'eed- w'brkb5 but at i7 4s 3d per' ricreV "WftH £ ViAW tb tbst irig1 thturirighl'y the pFodrictivb bd'pacrty bf the larid. a furiy eqtfip'ped deiri'bristrafiBrif d'aiVy farm has been esfa^l'ished ori orie of thb s'bctibris, arid* ther repbrts' shbw thaf- the r btirrri'2 d?e moki? batis'fabtbryV In addition to working the demoriitrrition farm, the Departmerit ih using the balance of, the gpazing area for the purri'ose bf Bifildirig up a* lirib of heif ers of good milkingr strain, and ithese will be dvdilable' for di'sribsal When the1 betflers take over the subdivisions, probahly' irir Marich next. Additiorial A'reas "It is ribt gCneraliy urid'erstood," ' s'aid the Minister, "that the remaining CrdWri1 l'rirtds smtahlb foY db'velb^rpent' are strictly KttiifM in area. Goritribufors to^.the subject often refer to ' thd milixbps" of acrls suft'abie for' settlemerit, bpt' a ve¥^ cpreful. , stdck-taking by the several' advispr^ committees set up pnder the Land "Eriw§ Ambri(lmA|it Ac|, .iW6f,' dfearly eStablisHes the fa'ct* tnat they do ' rio| bxist. There. are, however,- still A number of blocks to be put in hand, arid? the; A'bcbbsdry ribbliriiiririry' irives5-' tigations are now in' progress. Developmerit Advances "Anoth'bf imri'brtbnt' dbtiVit'y in c'onnectiom with . the' Government's poiicy bf ac.celerating the settlement [of urioccupfed Crpwri' lapd' arid the impfbVement of urideyelbiped ..a^eas [ already in bccirpation is' the gYarifing' of deveropiribrit adyari'ces under €He Land Laws Ameridrii'erit Act, 1929. This has greatly facilitated the opening up of 21'3;,0?00 dcf bs* bf uri'occupied Crown land and, the estqblish[ment of 412 additibrial farms: Under ;this section of the Act} £115,-234 has alrea'dy Been' advariced... "Varioqspther blocks are bteing inVpstigat'ed," concluded Mr. Ransom, ' "ari'd* itv riia^ riri' sfrifed tK'at as a dir- • ect" resUlt- to ,dat:e! of thb lajnd' legislri{tiori' ririsked-,iir 1929,, the* Departmerit ■hks Bebir able to handle- uridfer orib E sfeh.emri or apbther na lbss; thari 235/. "000 acres,bf what-, Was for the niost"piart f.otajiy unproductive1 land, arid to* Gay the fpundati'on". fof the estaBlisK1n)ent of ., . rippfoxi,riiai0ly . 785 ,.new 'faririsr Tlie results of- the develop!":ment- Work now iri* progress arA most • ericouragihg',- and thb whale- scheme 'is assistirig* iriatefidlly iri iricreasirig Jlrioduction dnd- in\pr ovidirig. additiori;al aVbnufe for employm'ent." r