SEEKING OWNERSHIP.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT LAND. AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL. (By Wire. —Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Lust Night. A statement concerning one of the provisions of litis session's Land BiU was made in the House of Representatives by the Minister for Lands (Mr. Guthrie), in reply to a question about soldiers' settlements,
The Government had taken power during the last session, said Mr. Guthrie, to place soldiers on poor, unimproved land, under the homestead system, the idea being to assist the soldiers, and at tho same time develop the poor land of the (Dominion. Experience had shown that men could not succeed on these poor lands without financial assistance, and provision had been made accordingly. But then the Government had found itself up against the fact that the poor lands were national endowment land, and could not be alienated.
"I am going to give the House a chance this year to give me an opportunity to put into full effect the Government's proposals," said Mr. Guthrie, "by removing the restrictions of the nafmnal endowments—not tp rob the endowment, but to give people the right, if they break this land into productivity, to make the land their own. If tho House supports me I will do that this session."
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1920, Page 5
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