Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22,1894. BUSH SETTLERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4909, 22 December 1894, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22,1894. BUSH SETTL ERS.

SHOO® EDITION

The terms on which hundreds of men have taken up land in the bush are such that they cannot live unless they receive very liberal treatment from the Government with respect to their clues to the Treasury,, assistance in making roads and occasional employment. TJhe Government has encouraged men with little or no means to go upon land, and when a Commissioner of Lands declares that on a certain block £2,000 had been expended, and only £25 had been received, no one need-he astonished. The present Bystem of selling land is decidedly rotten, but the Government and the Government' Officers-have no right to complain, Mr ■ Hogg's, position is quite intelligible, for he finds that a large numbor of bis. constituents ' require active help, and that instead of. this help being forthcoming, the Government Commissioner is preparing to bleed them. If he lets the Commissioner have his way the men must surrender their land, and the policy of ' the Governmentj which he supports, must become discredited. Really the issue!must be settled bytlieHon, John McKonzie, and his task is not an enviable! one/'" Should he'back up Commissioner Baker then there will. .be an exodus of settlers . almost equal, to an, eviction, Ivhich'wili'damage.him iii the'eyes if the Liberal party',' • If lie sustains' \[y Hogg's side of the question the' Joloiiy will probably haye :td;Biiffeiy I'here is no question; that Mr Hogg sin |ivitli the .settlera,; and is is popular with 'them' its 'Mr Baker e unpopular! Hei's.now protecting ; vhat little life!' Wood they possess : rbih':the' lancet iof ,nd in this lie will get Support from ; he Liberal party throughout New i Zealand, • Men from all parts jof New i leitlahd have been, settled' ln'.onr.l insh'districts. by the. Government, |j Tidif they'are to retain their Mi~ I bgs the Government must meet not | j nly \th'eir.'reasonable,but their un- j ] easbnable; requirements, .'''.We -iske "j be little quarrel ; betweeii>; Ooiiunle*

J* v. tb'ai|~-£^e7lan^pblitiy.-:■ of'■ tSe- Qpvenii-'' I.' Mrat': has -/broken ..down.. ..If it to i striotlyj earned 'but settlement is strangled, and if it be relaxediettle^ re. nifenf prabtiballyrbecpmes an outdoor i'. relief at the cost'of the Colonial tax,n. payeiv '.','>; , ; :-v ; - ■'■' . ';■"