OUR EASTERN LANDS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 181, 12 August 1909, Page 2

OUR EASTERN LANDS.

Opening for Settlemsnt. A start has at iast been srsaie with the work of surveying the Crown lands on the Eastern side of the MaiTrunk line between Kibikihi and Te Kuiti, and several partie-; are expected to be hard at work during the present month. The blocks are to be cut up into sections of from 150 to 200 acres, ana offered under improved farm settiement conditions with the O.K.P. tenure. This scheme, which will affect an area of fifteen or twenty thousand acres, is the first step towsr as opening up the large- are:;- o: g': . .ar. : to rmEast of the railway, ar.d <"•: tit- grrarest importance to the district generally. In roa - will be anout "" rr.iies tf .crradirt: to be don versing lb- iar. i. ar: i giving amiss rr the ra is litti available ia: d. :. otir Cmwn nad harPm cwnc-d catr i i- a'-or;: :. Tim distric cen trees ti ma been sup: .rd. : :y d.-- serr.ement which Iras : e-d rwceoiing r.r. the Western si !•- '-f tire railway. ar. : urdw advers- ■-< :. iit f :.s a- regards marand consi'i-ra; ' areas of unv reductive land have gre-van and * mmrerad. With the -rir.o up • f our T-lasfi-rr lands under '-ondiimrs which : -.-rnrir -w quick fie-,a " d wnt. id.-. re is • v. -y reason to anti-ai are an ■ ra of ; rogress and prosperity -.crsi hrai.-.y greater than thai which ha- • eon experi-encr-d.