FLAXBOURNE ESTATE.
(Per Press Association.) Blenheim, last night. In tho Flaxbonrno case, in whioh Sir George Clifford, Walter Clifford and others claim £335,000 in connection ,with the compulsory acquisition of their estate, the following additional witnesses have given evidence for claimants : Adam Bell,‘Bernard Ward, B. D. Giles, J; W. T! Bolove, sheepfarmers in Marlborough ; A; McKenzie, of Featherston ; Donald Cameron, of Masterton; and W. B. Todrell, of Waimate, dairying expert. Their valuations of the 45,000 acres being taken by the Government as in February, 1903, ranged from £282,022 to £306,091. All the witnesses described tho property as one capable of very, great improvement, and as very suitable for subdivision. Mr Todrell said a very considerable proportion was fiat land and of dairying quality.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1374, 8 February 1905, Page 2
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