TE PUIA. SPRINGS.
Special to the Times. Wellington, last night. Mr Ngata urged tbo Govorntuonl last evening to scouro tho To Puia Springs, in tho Waipiro district, whioh wore said to bo superior to Morero. Sir Joseph Ward replied that tho ownors, tho Gordon family, woro asking L 1750 for tho propotty and their rights. This prioo, whioh had bron boforo him for some time, ho considered oxuossive. Tho colony was prepared to pay a fair thing, but bo would not pay rnoro than tho property was worth simply beoauso tho Government was tbo prospective purohasor. If Mr Ngata could got tho Gordons to aik a reasonable figure tho Govornmont was prepared to oonsidor it. Tho grant was given some yoars uga by tho Lauds Department.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1855, 8 September 1906, Page 3
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