PROTECTING THE SOLDIER.
A LAND BOARD ’S CAUTION. CHRISTCHURCH, July 31. The Canterbury Land Board had be— ' fore it to-day about 130 applicationsi for advances in respect of houses and farms, under the Discharged Soldiers’! Settlement Act, representing a total of; about £120,000. In pursuance of its‘ policy of protecting discharged sold-{ iers from what is considers excessive. land v.21-lues, the Board declined to’ grant a, certain application, after dis-I cussing the matter with ‘the vendor.i However‘, an hour later the vendor ap- } peared before the Board and stated he ‘ was TW1""7T“""(1 to I‘nkn 96-300 ICSS 3°ol‘ the Hi propei-ty. At the reduced figure 'the;. Board‘ (considered the value (1 fair I one, and 1‘C(3OIl1111CI1dCd the application" and granted it. 3
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Taihape Daily Times, 2 August 1919, Page 3
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121PROTECTING THE SOLDIER. Taihape Daily Times, 2 August 1919, Page 3
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