THE FURZE AT OPARURE.
To the Editor. Sir, —The constant bane of those who drive sheep and cattle along' the Oparure-Te Kuiti road ia a huge angle of furze and manuka covered-country lying between Oparure and Te Kuiti. [t ia no pleasant sight, I assure you, Co the traveller or ilrover of stock", to tlii;: n;:i::r of brier, furze ami manuka aL hi.; olbow. It it; a veritable trap for tin; unwary ; woe betide the settler whoso stock wander.-; into its bv-tnu'krf. lie n:uy thank his stars I it ho gots them all nut again. It is a ■ f.-u' ttumlh.; 1 was in Te Kuiti, ami I don't know what steps the Government have taken towards! the i.eeuriiiU i"' native land in that place. Ml! ! can aay I hi/. much that if I wero a i'"..iilent of the growing town of Te 1\1111;, 1 won hi agitato to get i'lirze : patches and other unoccupied land 1 thrown open to the settler. So say all j of us. - I am, etc., SETTLER.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 333, 1 February 1911, Page 5
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171THE FURZE AT OPARURE. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 333, 1 February 1911, Page 5
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