KEPT ON THE LAND
STATE ASSISTS FARMERS NO ATTEMPT AT CONFISCATION (Special to Time*.) WHAKATANE, Wednesday A challenge to any critic to show where farmers hart had their lands taken from them by the Government was issued by the Minister of Lands, the Hon. F. Langstone. in an address at Edgeeumbe last night on the Government's land settlement policy. He stated that there were hundreds of instances where the Government had gone to endless trouble and expense to keep the farmer on his land. Mr Lan<rsfone said the land question was the most misunderstood problem in public life- His department was at present forced to pu-*ue * policy of rehabilitation of abandoned land to salvage as much of its securities as possible. This policy was now beginning to bear fruit. As an illustration, the Minister mentioned the Galatea Estate and Ngakuni Estate.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20502, 19 May 1938, Page 2
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141KEPT ON THE LAND Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20502, 19 May 1938, Page 2
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