LAND SETTLEMENT
FOR WAR VETERANS.
LEGISLATION IN CANADA.
OTTAWA, August 1
The Canadian Parliament has approved a land settlement scheme for Canadian war veterans who. want tc become farmers and who are likely to make a success of it. Under the Bill the State contribution, subject, to performance by the settler of prescribed conditions, is a grant equal to onethird of the cost of land and buildings with a further grant of cash towards the cost of stock and equipment. On a maximum basis the annual payment required from a settler will be 144 dollars. A ceiling of 4,800 dollars is placed upon the cost which may be incurred by the State on behalf of a veteran. Of this 1,200 dollars is applicable to livestock and equipment. Another measure requires employers, where reasonable and practicable to take back men and women who left their employment to join the Armed Forces.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1942, Page 5
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150LAND SETTLEMENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1942, Page 5
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