GOVERNMENT'S LAND POLICY.
_ p . HON R. M'NAB INTERVIEWED. HV TELEGRAPH - PKESS ASSOCIATION. ASHBURTON, April 8. Interviewed, the Minister of Lands said that there was a great demand for the 33 years renewable lease, and he was confident that the increase in the graduated land tax encouraged subdivision, owners recognising that the subdivision of their properties as a thing that could not be indefinitely delayed. It was only the phenomenal profit from stock-raising of late years that had enabled them to hold on. He believed that for the next few years the land market would be easier, and allow the Government Luying for cash and selling on easier terms. Concluding, he said, "The settlement of land along the lines upon which we are going appears to be the best method which has been suggested for the distribution of wealth among the people, so that we contend that our policy in regard to the distribution of wealth is wrapped up in our land policy, and any solution of one is equally the solution of the other, that is the settling of the country along our lines means advancement of industry in towns."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9061, 9 April 1908, Page 5
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190GOVERNMENT'S LAND POLICY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9061, 9 April 1908, Page 5
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