SETTLING THE WAIAPU COUNTY.
PETITION TO BE SENT TO PARLIAMENT, The following is a copy, of a petition winch has been prepared for circulation and subsequently for submission to Parliament: — To the Honourable the Speaker and the Honourable the Members of Parliament of the Dominion of New Zealand in Parliament assembled. The Memorial of the undersigned electors of the Waiapu and Cook Counties humbly sheweth: — 1. That there are vast areas of. unimproved land in and to the north or the Waiapu County which are eminently suitable for pastoral and dairy purp.oses. * , . , , 2. This land is naturally highly fertile. 3. Being, for the most part busli country, it can only be developed by the expenditure of capital and the application of skilled methods of clearing and grassing. 4. It is impossible for the native* population on the East- Coast to utilise these great areas of unimproved country.
o. That, in the opinion of your memorialists, the area of land in the Waiapu County recommended by the Native Land Commission to be thrown open for settlement is too small, and altogether inadequate to the wants of an increasing European population. (I. That, in order to aid an .effectivek most desirable that substantial additioT 1 * !; 0 . mad . e % * he P r£i * sent Native ° f , Tokomaru> Waipiro. Port Awanui, Araroa, and that such additions be caTidqu 111 o sections to be thrown open for sa'te and lease. _ - ~
Your Memorialists therefore respectfully represent to your Honorable House — „ _ . 1. That the "Waste Lands Committee should call for evidence and papers during the present session as to the area of available laud lying idle in the Waiapu County and as far north as Cape Runaway and for such other information as may seem relevant there2. That the Waste Lands Committee will report on such evidence and papers and make such recommendations in the premises as may be meet. 3. That your Honorable House will be pleased to consider such report and give effect thereto as early as may be possible. _ _ . And your memorialists as in dutybound will ever pray. V
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2530, 17 June 1909, Page 4
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344SETTLING THE WAIAPU COUNTY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2530, 17 June 1909, Page 4
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