LAND BOARD MEMBERS.
REPRESENTATION OF CROWN TENANTS.
CONSIDERED TO BE SUFFICIENT.
(By Telegraph.--Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Lais* Ni#bt. Speaking in itibe Bouse of (Rieprevisenltiaifcivieis this atfiterauooni to the Land Coamnittee'® (report <xa ihe Lamd Amendment Bill intbroduced' by him/sielf, Mr Niewimiani asked that the 'GJovemimieai't • ishouild .take up ithe .measure, &» it was impossible for haimi to igo amy. further with it as a, (piwat© imieranber. (The Bill provided for the increased (rep-esenlbatiioin/ <yf ! Qrowtn tenants. ; The. Hon. D. Buddb said ithe Bil aimed! ait the reduotkm/ .of Government (noaniniees to (the' Boards. He had meiver had amy complaint about the S9(prieseriitiation on iLand Boards, most of the duties of which vr&m purely staitutoTy.' The Cro-wai tbmiaiiufcs' .interests 'were "essenitAaiHy their owns amd iwere mo ..concem of the Land Boards. Mir Guthrie sadd there wiais mo deisine too infringe: the. rights of the Goveirnimeiufc nominees. He regretted the Government would mot take ithe Bill up. Mr Riussel Isaid Lanidl Boards were merely vehictes .for (registering Itihe deoisikxnsi of Government Diepamtimieffirtis. 'Be held) that greater local kniowledge iwias neoessiary ,to (properly oariry out ,the functions of the ~ Boards, which ishould beincreased. Mr E3l maintained .that Land Boards were very important imstitu"taoois. ■' With Tegard (to increased repTieiseintatioiu, he held that the Grown teoiamtls wieipe only a ismiaM isectdon of the oomimumity. ' Mr Hanaui held that .the Grown tenants had 1 not shown." the interest they should do im Land Board matters. ' '
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10404, 26 August 1911, Page 5
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237LAND BOARD MEMBERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10404, 26 August 1911, Page 5
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