MINISTER WANTED

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 828, 23 November 1929, Page 8

MINISTER WANTED

LAND SETTLEMENT OFFICIAL LEAGUES SUGGESTION The Linds Department is of mj®. i tem importance lo engage the whole, time attention ol one Minister. This is the opinion of the New land l.aiul Settlement and lierrl,. ment League, wliieli was expressed at a meeting of the executive yesterday Mr. W. J. lioMsuorth presided and the meeting emphasised the n.-cessitr of the Government putting into effect the provisions of the Land I.a, s Amendment Aet as soon as possible Mr. Holdsworth said that on , recent visit to til. Waikato he had been impressed with the tine pro,, peels tor tit.' cooling season. Cover'll of the farmers were experiencing great difficulty in getting labour to assist with the early haymaking. One member referred to the fact that a farmer who had ealled for tenders for drainage; work received replies only from Austrians. Hundred* of young men. given the opportunitv would go on the land instead of drift! ing to relief works. Mr. D. Donaldson said although the Government had launched an attractive land settlement scheme the Mi a . ister of Lands could not put it into effect because he had not sufficient time to devote to that object. The Lands Department was sufficiently important to warrant the whole-time attention of one Minister. At present the work was left to the heads oi departments. It was finally decided to ask the Government to state definitely when Ihe details of ils proposals vtould be available and when actual steps would be taken to bring the recent legislation into effect. The meeting also urged the desirability of the responsible .Minister giv. ing his whole time to the subject, which was of vital importance.