SETTLEMENT OF SOLDIERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 March 1918, Page 2

SETTLEMENT OF SOLDIERS.

HOW THE MEN ARE FARING. (Our Special Correspondent.) Wellington, March 14. The executive of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers Association is taking steps to gather information on the question of the settlement of discharged soldiers on ihe land. It has addressed a letter of inquiry to all returned soldiers who have settled on land and whose addresses can be obtained, and hopes to learn the experiences and the views ol many of the men. The settles are invited to offer criticism of the system at in operation and to make suggestions for its improvement. The letter of inquiry asks the soldier settlers to give information"ou the following points: (X) Are the means of transport of goods and access to yout property satisfactory (2) Has the assistance by the Government in the matter of stock and equipment been adequate, and are there anv directions in which you suggest that improvements could be made? (3) Are you satisfied with your property as a good business inv. stment? When replies have been received, the executive of the Association intends to frame a report, upon the whole question of land settlement as it affects soldiers. It probably will publish a summary of the replies, as an indication of how the soldier settlers are faring on their holdings in various parts of New Zealand.