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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 18 February 1914, Page 2

"A romance of Scotland lies behind the announcement that Mr John Wil lian Stewart, the Vancouver mil^iy contractor, has added about 40,000 acres of land in Sutherlamlslripe to tq^ estate he acquired from the Duke of Sutherland ea.ilier in the y^nr," says din Daily Mail. "Mr Stewart was the son of a poor crofter (smallholder) on the Sutherland estate, and las new possession includes the oroit on whioh he was brought up as a boy. Up to a short while ago Irs mother was in occupation of the croft."