A LAND-BOOMER
’(Per. Press Asaociati'on.) Christchurch, last night.
At itho Magistrate’s Court yesterday Alfred Nelson, with a large number of aliases, was committed for trial to the Supreme'. Court on five informations charging him with issuing valueless cheques. Accused, by purchasing land at £BO per acre, succeeded in creating the impression that there was a boom in Peninsula lands. A number of his chequos were issued to Akl>roa hotelkeepers, and one for a horse, for which ho paid £2B and afterwards sold for £f.9 10b,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1454, 15 May 1905, Page 2
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85A LAND-BOOMER Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1454, 15 May 1905, Page 2
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