SOLDIERS AND THE LAND.
STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Minister for Lands, referring to the statement published recently that the Government was extending scant consideration to soldiers, and that no soldier could get land unless he had considerable funds or good backing, said the Government bad never made any distinction between men without means and those with limited means or with large sums of money. The only qualification requiivd by the land boards before approving an application for land or Jiui'Mcin.l assistance win that lue_iu»u should have had some fanning experience and be m a position to make use of the land ullottedlto hiur. The Government had assisted over a thousand settlers to acquire rural land, whilst a considerable number of other men bad been assisted to buy town residences. The Government hud advanced to soldiers £1,530,000, and this ami did not include the amount spent in the purchase of land under [he Land for Settlement Act afterWards proclaimed for soldier settlement.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1919, Page 5
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168SOLDIERS AND THE LAND. Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1919, Page 5
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