RUSK FOR LAND.
[(Per Press Association.) Nelson, last night. A highly successful sale of Crown lands in the Maruia district, between Nelson and Reefton, has taken place. There were 44 sections,-containing in all 22.554 acres, and the necessary ballot was conducted at Murchison on Thursday. Thirty-one sections, comprising over 15,000 acres, were taken up, and only in four cases was there a single application. For one there were 89 applicants. It is anticipated that the remaining seotions will be secured by the unsuccessful applicants.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1430, 14 April 1905, Page 2
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84RUSK FOR LAND. Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1430, 14 April 1905, Page 2
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