GREAT GAME RESERVE
UNE SHILLING AN ACRE WILD Li EE IN A BIN DANCE J Oil AN N l ; B BP HG. Get. 24.—What is probably the biggest, private game i eserv.c in Southern Africa, consisting of 100.90(1 acres. 200 miles north of the Victoria Kails, was sold this month to a. Johannesburg buyer. -Mr. J. Oliver, ior Is an acre, or .CoOt.'O. Tin* auctioneer estimated from a personal inspection of the property that in /concentration of game it even rivals the Kruger National I’ark. He said that, although advertised as containing at least 10,000 head, ol game, as well as a great variety of birds, flu* total was probably nearer 20,000. Tbe reserve is 2H miles from Alonzo station, ami is bounded on tin* north for 12 mill's by tbe Kaltie River. Ibe game indues lion, clu'otali. eland, kudu, sable, roan antelope, Imrtebeest, blue wildebeest, zebra, lecliwe, reedbuck and luifralc- Tbe property also lia>s curative but springs, and an aerodrome, one mile Irom tlu* resilience, usable from April to November.
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 116, 30 November 1938, Page 3
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171GREAT GAME RESERVE Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 116, 30 November 1938, Page 3
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