LAND-HOLDERS WARNED.
.HAPPLYING THE SCREW." j " SYDNEY,. December 20 Mr Beaby, "speaking tvb Uiraiia, delivered i-a significant warning to big lajiid-lio'kters. He said tlhe Government intended opening up the wheat lands by means of .railways. If t<he land-holders did not realise tlhe Kitiuiatrion-, tihe Governmeoiit had no option, burt to apply tihe screw. The Riverina, wSiicfli tied up in il'arge estates, should support a population of ten milllions. Under tli© resumption, system, it would tnke £50.000.000 to provide farms for 20.000 seibtlers. It was pllamly evident that some other system sfliooild be adopted. •
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10508, 21 December 1911, Page 7
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93LAND-HOLDERS WARNED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10508, 21 December 1911, Page 7
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