RENEWING BURNT PASTURES.
DISSATISFACTION WITH GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. I)II,ATOJ4L\JiS,S AND DELAY'. I Some 01' the settlei 1 * in lliis district arc not ill all pleased with Ilk' maimer in which the iioverjimenl proposer, to remler assistance to farmers who suffered tile loss of their penile* trom the recent hush tires, '.this assistance,
as was expected, is lieing given only in eases where the fanner* can hardly help themselves, hut they rebel against the decimal ion which they aie called upon In si-jii. Additional instructions forwarded to the Crown Lands Olliec are to tin- elVeet thai no assistance upon
the liberal terms telegraphed lire to be given in any ea.se where the lmd is nip- I able of bearing a further mortgage to the Advances to Sellers J)e|iartiiient. The proposals of the Government were to furnish seed at cost price, the purchase inonev for which was not neces.snrilv to be paid for a period of four yen's, and the advances to lie made fr-'o of interest. lleprcScnlalions were made by settlers to Mr. ir. J. 11. Okev. M.P., and he imI 'mediately lelcgraplied as follows to the Prime Minister at Auckland: "Great dissatisfaction among -cillcrs
who are heavy losers through bush lif's at instructions issued to Crown L-inds Commissioners, No worthy settler will make the declaration declaring himself a pauper. Others with mortgages- on land that the Commissioner considers could be increased have refused help. If the instructions issued are to be adhered to, the Government assistance so freely promised will be of very little use to tiie unfortunate settlors in this disI Iricl."
In conversation with it 'News" representative last night Mr. Okcy said it seemed to him thai, the unfortunate landowner was to have more expense piled on to him in the shape of valuation, legal, and other fees connected with the issue of another mortgage upon their holdings. Many solflei's who were expecting immediate help are now afraid that the Government assistance will be so long delayed as to be of very little actual use this'yenr. being too lite to enable them to grow for winter feed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 64, 5 March 1908, Page 2
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348RENEWING BURNT PASTURES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 64, 5 March 1908, Page 2
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