LAND FOR EX-SOLDIERS.
A GENEROUS GIFT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last. Night. In the House to-night the Hon. D. H. Guthrie moved the sceond reading ot the Bill dealing with the Hunter gift for the settlement of discharged soldiers. This gift, he said, was one of the most generous ever made in the interest of returned soldiers. It comprsed over 2000 acres and was valued at £17,600. The half-yearly rental was £4OO, and already there was an accumulation of something like £Bl2 available for the purposes of the gift, whiph was to be devoted to the interests of returned soldiers within the Hawke’s Bay district. This Bill provided machinery for its- Administration for all time. ' The Minister paid a tribute to the loyalty and generous spirit displayed by Sir George Hunter in connection with returned soldiers, in which, generosity he was pleased to say Sir George Hunter did not stand alone. Mr. Massey,,speaking on behalf of the people of the Dominion, thanked Sir George Hunter for his gift and suggested ■ that the names of all those who made similar gift* should in some way be perpetuated. The Bill was passed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1921, Page 5
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190LAND FOR EX-SOLDIERS. Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1921, Page 5
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