TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 May 1914, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[per phess association.l CAUGHT BY A TItAIN. Dunedin, ihis Day. Mrs Alexander Lockhart, an old resident, was seening a friend oil by the express train at Milton last night when she was caught by a train coming in the opposite direction. She succumbed to the injuries during the night. LANDS FOlt SETTLEMENT. Gisborne, May 14. Itegarding the operations of the Lund for Settlements Department the following comparative return was read by the Prime Minister in his speech last evening, showing the area of privately-owned land purchased by the Government during the last four_ years and the amount expended in the acquisition of these lands:—•

Mr Massey stated that these figures were a conclusive answer to those who said the present Government were not pursuing a vigorous closer settlement policy. In addition, an area of 75,000 acres of native land had been acquired during 1918-14, and the expenditure was £176,149. The area purchased for the past year was a class of land suitable for settlement in small holdings, comprising such blocks as Porangaliau, Marigamaire, Tahoraiti, and Tiritu. SUBDIVIDED ESTATES. Gisborne, May 14. In the course of his speech last night the following interesting figures were quoted by the Prime Minister in connection with subdivisions of rural land in Hawke's Bay as a result of the operation of the increased graduated land tax. During the twelve months ended March 81st, 1914, a total area of 87,500 acres of freehold land was subdivided and disposed of. The number of subdivisions was 88G, or an average of 111 acres per subdivision. Mr Massey added that Hie figures for other portions of THe dominion ,7ere not yet available.

Years Acres Price. 1910-1911 14,399 £158,796 1911-1812 14,447 £381,483 19U-1913 52,098 £428,044 1913-1914 141,002 £560,708