Government Land Policy.

Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3753, 9 April 1908, Page 3

Government Land Policy.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Ashburton, Last Night. Interviewed, the Minister for Lands said 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 enabled them to hold on, and he believed that for the next few years the land market would be easier and allow of the Government buying for cash and settling on easier terms. Concluding, he said:—"Settlement of the 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 solutiongof the other. That is, that the settling of the country along our lines means the advancement of industry in the towns.