THE PATETERE BLOCK.
If ii be true 'hat Mr Halcombe has received a bonus of £ls.i'-'io for negotiating the sale of the Patetere block to an English company, (observes the Wungniui herald} what must have been the amount transferred from the exchequer of the colony to the Auckland land ring? The Pinko Swamp swindle will hardly compare in magnitude with the Patetere job. It ca not lie said that any improvements Im -n been put on the Patetere land. In its primeval richness or nakedness it stands out as one of the most corrupt ’and transactions a land-sharking Ministry has ever been capable of in the history of the colony. lor with out the color of an excuse a rich block of land was handed over to a few private but powerful individuals, and not only the colony, but the Natives have been injured by the transaction. When the available agricultural land has been squandered, and the day of reckoning comes in a progressive land tax, the Patetere is one of the cases that will be remembered. It is also a further illustration of our doctrine that the due protection of Native interests by the State is best for the colonists.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1064, 22 April 1882, Page 4
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201THE PATETERE BLOCK. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1064, 22 April 1882, Page 4
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