The Alexandra Settlem ent
•:■■■- ■ -^.^:ry[- •...' . The Wanganni JTeiiaid of Saturday «ays :-^ln laying Ill's report before; the Alexandra Cay>iky :lagt. night' Captain Sommerville ' spoke , : very strongly in favoilr of - : the settlement scheme introduced by. the present Minister of Lands; the .Hon. Mr ~BaUanc& . Speaking himself he said He would sooner have an allotment- under these regulations than ft freehold, even going? the length of giving up his freehold if he could get hold of a y purchaser. There can be little doubt /but ' that, ai Captain Sommeryile. remarked, there never was a. better chance offered to any Government to settle land than that now given by the Alexandras on this occasion; The members who put down their names are all the right stamp to make good settlers, most of them being young fellows who have been .brought up in the country and 4 the bush. and. know exactly what they are proposing tb do. ' Captain Spmr merville stSfed thiat he would go to Wellington on Thursday, next to see the Minister oif Lands, relatiy* to the conditipnsuLder which the land caj^ be obtained. .... . -■■^"T ■'
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 25, 10 August 1886, Page 3
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184The Alexandra Settlement Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 25, 10 August 1886, Page 3
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