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GOOD SHEEP LANDS

• ; A. BARGAIN FOB, SETTLERS;',.';;. L V The lands round Wairoa hayo. beoU; somott-kti neglected'-in past .years. .by.purchasers, so that to-day sonie : ot the ' best sheep country' in the Dominion can be purchased at quite a reasonable- sum, according to the best authority. Free-' hold properties, practically fully . improved, within; a few miles of ,Wairoa, can be bought from £7 :10s. to £9 per: acre. The laud : s capable of wintering from one and a half up to two sheep per acre.. Further: back, from 2o miles to 50 miles, good properties, wintering a sheep to the acre, and, with,' . permanent improvements effosted, capabb of wintering one and a half sheep, with cattle, 1 can be secured from-£4-to-£s per acre:' Taking" Wairoa country all over, it ;of win-;, tering one and a half to-two, sheep to the acre, on. an average.- • -The; land ;ibextremely healthy," being; mostly-;of papa and pumice formation;, whica holds the moisture "exceptionally..wen,, and much better than limestone tion. The severest droughts do not • seriously affect this sheep country. The: district is favoured with a heavy rainfall as a rule, and much better than. Hawke's Bay.; There area large numher of Native leasehold 1 properties and also small grazing, runs in .the district, and the. very best leaseholds can be gotfrom' £2 to £5 per acre, for the goodwill, according to improvements. Vv»n, the advent of. freezing.,works, the pro-,; ducing value of, Wairoa is expected to., be increased by 30 to 35, per cent.', for, at' presenV.only, absolutely .prime stuff,, is driven to, Napier. ... .■,-..:•< ■-.■■<™; During the last year or/two, Binc'j; the harbour works' have started,, a siderable number i'of~ properties, have changed hands, hut a. large ..number, have been purchased by . local specu-,. lators, who realise that the price fqrthese'properties is , extremely .■ low. - Several Canterbury, settlers. have also, bought large stations .county., New settlers are sought, and with tire, many advantages tie.county, has imrm- ; . crrants with some capital should be able, to secure a footing on which; willeventually go ur, ir. price ss means ot | communication become better.

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2382, 11 February 1915, Page 5

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GOOD SHEEP LANDS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2382, 11 February 1915, Page 5

GOOD SHEEP LANDS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2382, 11 February 1915, Page 5

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