Land for Settlement.
Wellington. Feb. 5. A depu'ation fr an (he Young New Zi-alande s’ Land Settlement Association has be:-n interviewing the Minister for Lands re the subdivision and settlement of about two hundred thousand acres in the Lower Clarence Valley, of which thirty th msand arc freehold. Mr Walter president of the Association informed the Minister that ,he area once carried Ixo,ooo sheep a d now has only 52.000 on if. The rabbits had ■. vci -run i. and .f it was not -oH ed at ■ cc the district would be devastated. It was suggested that the Govf-rnmi nt should r 'aiu part as a Si ate faun for educational purposes. The Minister said the proposals involved a large expenditure, but he would send experts to report on it. The deputation also saw Sir Joseph Ward and asked him to acquire 100 acres at Kahntaia, the Bluff, for scenic purposes, and preserve the bush on the road to Blenheim. Sir Joseph Ward piomised to have the suggo.-timi reported on. WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS restores mental and physical vigor. [ ' OUND — A Silver - mounted i"* Whip. Owner can have same by paying for this advertisement.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3618, 6 February 1906, Page 3
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191Land for Settlement. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3618, 6 February 1906, Page 3
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