LAND "SWAPPING."
Adverting to the methods adopted j by a certain class of land agent, a northern contemporary say.s;-r-The iiiiquity' of is too well understood to iieed"'much-com-ment. The system offers a premium to sharp practice, and the evil is deeply rooted in North Taranaki. Sales at present beanonly a nominal duty, but in fairness they should bear full stamp duty. This would put a nail in the coffin of the ping'' system. Again, the agent is able to. obtain and deina-nd' payment from' both"v ''swappers"." .It should" be impqssible\for , liipti to demand ' commission except oil .the amount; ojf! "equity. Land -asi ;.- a,. medium" or f> gtfnlbKfig - is '■■ a!'useful ''to: the gambler, but a tremendous handicap to general progress. ; It is absurd, on the basis of a land gamble, to assert that' '"values'' are going up. Price is riot value. The squeezing off an extra hundred pounds or so by a land gambler does not make the land involved able to carry more cows," or grow more 'products, '■■ and the present system, or lack of helps gambling, in land in its most pernicious form. ..
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10133, 11 January 1911, Page 4
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183LAND "SWAPPING." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10133, 11 January 1911, Page 4
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