NOXIOUS WEEDS CAUSE PASTORALISTS ANXIETY
CROWN LAND TROUBLES Press Association DUNEDIN, To-day. At the annual meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society the president, Mr. McKellar, referred to the hold noxious weeds had obtained on pastoral areas in Crown lands. He said that unless the problem on higher situated lands was tackled promptly there would come a day when such land must be abandoned. The Minister of Lands, the Tlon. A.. D. McLeod, in replying later, said that no problem had given the Government more anxiety. His personal opinion was that county councils should take the question up. with, if necessary, subsidies from the Government. With regard to Crown lands the great difficulty in the past had been due to the weakness of tenures. There was no better weed grower than a bad tenure. “The present system of land tenure in New Zealand,” said Mr. McLeod, in conclusion, “is. I know., by no means satisfactory to the people. I believe that if a better tenure existed the Government could do more toward compelling holders to eradicate noxious weeds-”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 372, 5 June 1928, Page 18
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178NOXIOUS WEEDS CAUSE PASTORALISTS ANXIETY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 372, 5 June 1928, Page 18
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