THE LAND BILL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9674, 13 December 1909, Page 4

THE LAND BILL.

It Is probable that Dr. Findlay's interjection in the Legislative Council that the Land Bill will be brought down for its second reading will be borne out by the event. It is expected that Sir Joseph Ward will move the second reading with the object of conveying the impression that he Is in earnest in his desire to get the Bill passed, and also of enabling Government members who were placed in an awkward position by Mr Massey's amendments the other day to explain their positions. There is talk of holding a conference between the leasehold and freehold J members on the Government side, and it is understood that the Government will probably abandon a portion of the Bill which proposes to give the freehold to tenants under the renewable lease. This would bear out Mr Massey's statement, made in the House of Representatives on Thursday last that the Govsrnment was already "'backing down" on its freehold views. There is no chance 1 < f getting the land Bill passed before Christmas, and if the second reading is moved, there is every hkelibo'io if oth-r ;unendments bein j irvtve'l whi h will embarrass Cv ivaum.iit frt< li'iMcrs. '