R.S.A. NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3506, 18 June 1920, Page 3

R.S.A. NEWS.

LAND £3'L‘}’l".L‘].E.\l}£;\'T

The mo.~"t important.questiun which I'etul'lled soldiers are j,,tc,.U_\M.‘l 1-“ M

l present is tllu: of land settlelliellt, and I it will be {L long time before the [l(\(_-(ls of the men and of the c-gum-1.). “H, “mt. l The Llilld Bozluls are, no (l.OLll)t'_ llujulr l"«'.tl1C best. they can ;o solve ll meet (lit; 1 cult prolllelll, but their ell:'ol't.s‘ Ill'C h:llllpered by the lilliitatioils l1llp(;_~:(.d “PU” them by ll Goverlllllent which is on. dezlvollring to se.tle the soldiel'.< without ill ally nay zllienlltillg the poliljcal S_yJlll)atl'll{-:5 of the lullllell pl-om-10. tors. The fact is that there is suiticient legis1:l.ioll on the Statute Book to prevent the }_)l’(‘SUllE 1111.'~_.-.l‘.i:-.t‘zll-tel’) llllrl lllll\'llole.~'(l1l‘le state of :li'l":lil‘s; but the trollble is tha; the l.l\l'.< lellltillg to :lggl'eg'.‘ltion. lilllitlltion of zllleus, and other land lllzltters ll:L\'C beeonie inoperzltive at. tile “ill of the Goverlllllellr. The ;\lfinistel' of l.ullds recelltly stated that the recent legislation agtllllsf aggregzltioll was huvillg zl good effect’ as severzll OSliltL‘s hull zllready been subdivided on ueeouilt of the (‘l\'lSlC‘llk,‘L‘ of; this legislzlioll; but if local! ex:llllpiesl lllfly be taken us 3. guide to lvllzlt is lmppellillg ill other parts of.’ Nell’ Zealund, the sub-divisioll of estates is lnerely :1 (’:1ill()Llil{lgL‘ to allow of fill’ther zlggl'eglltioll under the gllise of Slll)-(llVlSlO]l. Wiu'llill the past few nmlltlls tlllee estzltes in this district have been Slil)-(,ll\’l(lC(l, the total area Lleillg about 3U.0()0 acres. When we COIISItICI' that no: more than two new settlers have been added to the district on L"u:(.‘()‘l1Ilt of these sub-divisiolls, ' the illefl'eeti\'elll‘ss of all existing laws rlosiglloc‘. .0 prevent ag-gl'eg:ztioll .<:llll_y zlppzllellt. The 1-l'oblenl.< of the \'tH‘l()il.\T 11ll{t.\’(‘.'a' of hlnd settlenlellt may he .~:l;ll\'e«l at sollle time in the future, hut it cannot he contended that :1 satiSfll(3lol'_Y sOl1l1l()I1 will even be .'lttelllpted by those who are l'espollsible for the present scandalous stalfe of affairs. ' it is noticeable that in referring to tile settielllmzt of soldiel's on the land; :he ]'CS}’)ollSil)l(.‘ 111lill0I‘ltl€S are fond of tellillg the people how much money has been spellt on .~*o]«liel- settlcslllent, and lldvisilig (fllUi.l(Hl on account of the luck of tillallee. The responsible heads know very well that so far as the setlelllellt of soldiers on the land is (‘0li(',(‘l‘I1(_‘(l they have not .~yent ll penny, but have .<illl;_ll_y loaned the money at ll good l‘1lT(‘ of l'lltel'e.<t. -The .<ol(liel's hllve not even been given the sallle ('.l’)]l(',(?S.\'l()llS lls tllosll who .'z('quil'e<l land lllldor “;ll(3 oh] Adv-allees to Settlers Ant; and it vzlllllot be l:,l:lllll('Cl th:lt the l'L‘fUl'i]oll .<oll]iel-.~' llave l'eeei\'€cl :lll_\' very .\'])L‘(’l:ll trezltll;-ell? in the lll‘dl',-tl-l' of hlltll so llelllellt.

U ICN l‘}l\‘.\ I. IT'l‘]i.\i DL~‘funm- l‘lt‘:ldq'.lul'll‘!:i :n‘xvi.<n:-.< that

:1 l:u~g<- nmnbw of 1!)1~I-1:3 .‘~‘.t:u'.~t urn‘ lying‘ at Homlqu-.lrler;< pundixxg :1 17¢-ply to the l)ol'cncc co1nn1uni<::11io11 re the m«_<%l}lod of px'oseming' u‘h»:- Siars‘. 'l‘ho.<c who jmvu Imf yet dumje >O, .~'hould reply :11‘ once und thus «~h>.iln their nnwlzlls.

The unxnm] I'nporl" of 11m Auckl:m<l }{.H..\. .=t:xt<n< 111:1! .142 me:~.:bcr.< r'e.<i:,l- - outside of .\'e\\' 7.u:llund fox‘\\'zll‘dod their S111)S(:l'i])ti()lI.s' for 1920, the sub:<. vowing frmn ]l'2ll_\f. India. :\u.<’rrali:l. >‘mlt'h :\Fri<‘=l. Fiji. Smnua, Rznmtoxlga, Cunntln, L7.5.A.. am] the L’nitv<‘. Kingdom. (mo nlenlh('l' lms fm'wax'ded his two _vo:n'.<’ .<llb.<. from Br,‘]gizul Congo.

RC \\':ll' nlenml-iuls, Cllz‘i.<*.chlll'Cil R.S..»\. has p:l.<.<m] :1 I'o.s'<’n}ll’{iol) objt‘L"v ing :0 1110 «tumnmncmnenf al‘ :2. fxlnfl. t'm' Hm purpose uf (‘rm-I‘El‘u_r :2 ]’»l'i«i;,}'«" nl’ Renwlnhr:nw<~ :15 £1 sulJi<*:'.~” mumnriul. and .<l;xlin;;_' that‘ the .x'w}wnm has not I,no<*n :I}3pl‘<m~<l by His: }:t.S..-\. or by :1 public Ineolin;;'. ’l‘hv r(\tiv'ing prv.~:i<_l«.*m 0:‘ the (,‘hri.<.» (‘}llH'(']l R.-\'..\. (Mr .\lm-(fuilmnv .<tznm‘z nl’ HIL‘ unnun! nwolin;_;‘ Hm? En [)l'O]MH" Hun 10 ]m1m1:1lim1 .\'u\\' Lie-nizzml h-:1-is the w<n'l«l in the mzuter uf mm: u-11 nf \\'<>l'k. Hut :2?’ l:7.H‘2l'n imn ;»'.:\«'«--I in L‘m])l(l_\'lH(‘ni by tho T-.’v-1.:::z~i:11i.rm Jl.»-. p:u‘t_lm\nl li-HT h:1(l hm)11 14::--n-ui by the ('.2!lll{"l'l)l1l'_\/' Rmn-cl. The lhnnininn I'l_\':-\-11:i\’«- H!‘ H»:-

R..\‘..-\.'i>‘ Hm .<::1i.~liml 111111 éim i.<.<m- of the‘ 191-I-1:") 5111!’ h_\‘ the l'm}wl'i:xl Hn‘\‘--.-“rmm-H. I’uH.\' (:n\m'.\‘ Hw v:c<-' M‘ 1‘;-3

men with (lnllipoli .<m'\‘im'-, am] is 3,]; ing‘ that the Xvw Z<~z:]:'.‘zl<l ('ln\’«-in

nl<*nl i.<.~'ll(‘ zv. I::v«1:xl fur zwm: wiih (l:IHipoli .~'<‘l'\'i4‘A*. The \\'ullin<_rl«m di.~1?'I(-1‘ ~~x'_g':lrli<<;?l‘, Mr. W. H. H.-«\\'l<in.~'. hzw viwd HlO t'n‘,l<»\\‘in_'_:' us an in.~'t:nu-<- vf invrt-:l.<in;: l;n~«'.! \‘:llm-.<:-—----“Tho 'l‘sz':m|m-:1 Hlnr'l~: uf l(),(l(l() :u'n-.< in MM had an Lmilnpm\‘Pd vuluv of E|s|.os(l. ihv t’ll]:i :1} value being £-H,OHO. In 1917 the Hawk \\':ls O('('ll])i\‘(] by I'<'fllx'llM .<oMi¢.'l'.<. and in 1919 tho unimpm\'c~(l value was £.‘iß,ooo

um] Hm <‘:l])il:‘.] \‘:llw* t§(if3,o()()-———:ul inr'r(‘:l.~'o of 100 per <‘*r>n’r. in 11w unimpr()\'o«l \':llm._ F 0111" zxdjuinin-p_' |)](u'ln(\' of Sll]H‘]‘i()l‘ lrnlfl. not (»\\‘nod by so]Jivrs. in<n'on.<o«] in \':lTU(.‘, by (m]_\- 315 pm‘ Cenf. in Hm s:lmr.~ pm‘iorl.” H‘ the inm'v:ls9 had how in ':}xe'c:lpil:Ll mmc only. film .~’4oldim's could bu c.l'orT"Med for having done 9 lot: of va]u~ able work; but it is diifiault. to undersfand why ffie unimproved value sh()lxM have been increased 100 pmuenf. in nne nzmo am"! 36 per aent. in he othr3r.”