FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3218, 31 May 1889, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

' A match has been ■ between'the second fifteen I Mastei'ton Juniors, and a team re- . ;: presenting the Publio School, to be ■played, on'the'former's'ground, to- ■-..■:-■ morrow, (Saturday).' The following ■■■>■•■ are the respective teams, Juniors—' : Back's, Toohill,. W. Thompson, F. = •' Wellington,. Scadden, Renall, J. ■ ' Warren; forwards,' Marsh, Adams, Spaokmac (2), Parker, Check, Dawson, .Reynolds, J?, Fellinglm Emergencies, Thompson, Felling- ■■ ham. Bchool—Back's, Bennett, D'Arcy, Freeth (2), Welch, McEwen; forwards, Owdl, (Capt), Bennett..' -■ Warner, Marsh, Webb, Boww, Muir, : . /■ ; Tatbam, Walker. :Emergenies, Brown, Cameron (2). Play will commence at 8.80 sharp.

The Disposal of Grown Lands-

Sales By Auction Advocated-

A question of considerable iiniv'v . i tance was discussed by the LjP Board on Thursday;'viz, the ■ ableness of disposing ot all crown ; Land by auotion instead of ballot, a ; - ' . motion that such a ohange was advis-. able being moved by Mr Bunny in . accordance with .notice given at the. previous meeting.: Mr Bunny, speaking to the motion,, 6aid it was t|ie duty of the" Board as ■< Trustees of the publio " estate to see ' tlmt the most was made of the. land. • ■ - The' Manawatu Company ■ sold all their land by auction, and he" thought tbo Board should follow the , exiimplo. The cry that the Board' • lvere protecting the pablio against .v] giving too much for the land, was, to his mind,' very childish, • Several instances had come under the notice of the Board of people having pur- - chased land at a premium from - '- persons who had secured it under the ballot system now in force. Only that day there .was & case in which v .- Messrs Prouse had givon £l7O, premium for some land which theyV were not lucky enough to secure . ■.'. when the ballot was taken,. Ho ■■■ thought that the Board should • endeavor to realise the fullest amount ■ . for every section , which was willing to give, and tlnVrould only be done by offering the land at ■'■■■■•**' auction. He should also lilre-Jp^ee' the control of the waste lands \>f the Colony taken out of the hands of the ; Minister of the day, who might have his own particular fad, and handed ■ v o,ver to a board as trustees for the { public, '■:'■■' Mr W, A. Fitzherbert asked Mr Bunny whether ho' wished to see the , whole of the Crown lands offered at ■; auction. 1 -

_ Mr Bunny replied in the affirmative, and remarked that theio was toomuoh speculation in land under the present system. ' .There was some talk of bringing in a Fair Rent Bill next session, but ho .did not think' there was any necessity for , suoh a measure, New Zealand was not Ireland. . , ,

The Commissioner (Mr J. W. A: Marohant) asked Mr Bunny whether he proposed that no time or terms should be given to purchasers at auction, . .

:■ Mr Bunny pointed out that I Board could agree upon terms, ' i &0., before each sale watraddfejcd. ' •' I What he was anxious to dowas to ] abolish tho present system of Belling - ut land, as it made tho Board treat (lie | public like children, , : 1 f Mr Fitzherberfc, in seconding tbe ) resolution, said lie would ' all land sold at auction, ■ 1 The Commissioner ) whethsr Mr Bunny proposed to ' i revert to tho system of 1885, or en*' , deavour to gea the law amended. ■ ! , Mr Bunny explained that he • wanted to Bee the land sold under - 'f/ an entirely new system to any whioh : the Board had yet tried. ' . '-J i The . Commissions did not think '4, the .Board'had power' to 'alter i<w. Mr Bunny admitted that the Board' could not alter the law, but lio pointed oat tliat they could pies a ' | resolution affirming the desirableness < "4 I of a change, n4 Mi' .W, W. .MeCardle could not « agree with Mr Bunny. He did not' >'*§ l think that it was an advantage to the ' 'n| country to get the last of / the pockets of seleotors. The objeot '• ja of selling the land was to settle the ,J|P land, and not to make revenue.was opposed to taking as muoh money/>%|| as possible out of the p'ookets of settlers, beoauso lie was many difficulties under .which' labouied, _ Hii opinion was settlers received hut«canty althoughthe publio were very, indebted to them for settling country.,.. Many of them.'he/acsuredsVSl the Board, had not the'mere sarjes of life. He thongbt^it tlie4otyof .(forßoatd;toiawssp' i^^

, ter the public 'estate so lliat'settie- , - ment should be a success, and if there . was a way of lowering the presont amounts, lie would avail hiui&olf of it for the benefit of selectors. Ho was of opinion that the Board would find . .it wise to adopt tho system of selling -wb tlid land to the applicant who was V'™ found, after full enquirios had been made, to bo the most suitable person , amongst those who wished to take up • the. land. Such a systonr was in ; oxiatence in Victoria, and he should likfl to aeo it introduced into this . colony. It might he opon to somo objections, but at the samo time he thought it vrould be tho best method of selling the land which could bo •adopted, The prices now paid for land were too high in many cases, and ho felt satisfied that many settlers would go to the wall beforo long. Ho didnot see his way clear to move an ' - amendment, but ho should like to see , , the resolution thrown out. Commissioner considered the Wy> proposal of Mr Bunny was altogether . ' opposed to the experience of I'arlia- ; went, and he pointed out that oven if • it were carried) the Board had no s*■ power to give effect to it. It might V ; be true that in somo cases the land was sold too low, biit it was within . - the power of the Board to get a v' valuation made by someone else besides himself. He could not support . ™ tho resolution, because ho agreed with Mr McCardle that it was nnwiso . to get people to bid against each other for land, and 111 the face of the . circular issued by Government stating that tho question of reducing rents would be discussed next session, he did uot see how Mr Bunny's proposal cou'd be adopted by the Board.' ■ Mr Bunny, in replying, said lie knew the proposal was not a popular one, and he did not expect to find it B'ipported by many members of the ■Board. It took a very long time for a Commissioner of Crown Lands, for instance, to get out of tho groove which he had been working in for uany years. (Laughter). He had thought over this matter a great deal, and he believed that in time, the K' people would come round to his viewß that when extra taxation was being placed on the shoulders of the colonists it was only right that the Crown Lands should assist to lighten the burden. The auction sales uf the Manawatu Railway Company had, t, on the whole, been my. successful, and the example should bo followed by the Land Boards. He could see that the resolution would not be passed, and he was very sorry for it, as he wished to obtain an ex. pression from tho Government on the subject. He and Mr Fitzherbert would vote for it, and ihe Commissioner and Mr McCardle against. The Coramis- , sioner would then give his casting vote and the resolution would be i thrown out, However, ho would bring up the question a°ain at a future date, and it might also be ' possible to obtain the views of other Land Boards on the subject. The Commissioner intimated tlmt ; as JJr Bunny was anxious to obtain an expression of opinion from the Government, he would allow the resolution to bo carried by refraining . from voting. The resolution was then put and' carried by two votes to one, Mr ...£ McCardle being the dissentient.— i A Post.