AUSTRALIAN LAND POLICY.
MU. GEO. HBl-D'S VIEWS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received IS, 0.30 a.m. Melbourne, July 14. iilr. Geo. Reid, speaking during the censure debate, enid the time had come when all big estates must be transferred into holdings fur single families. The land tax was too. slow. The process of resumption by the (inveruiiienf had proved a foolish policy mid bei-n <.»- tirelv too «dow. Moreover, it had sent up the value of bind held .bv the Slate itsi'l.t". Must of the krge estates' would become large liy manipulation. In regard to the land policy of the country, he would like to .see, a Hill passed declaring that the continuance of large estates \yas contrary to public .policy, iliat every one 'be gradually resumed, . and that if the owners do not voluntarily divide them the State do so. The Laborites enthusiastically cheered Mr. Reid.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 144, 15 July 1909, Page 2
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144AUSTRALIAN LAND POLICY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 144, 15 July 1909, Page 2
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