GALATEA ESTATE
SETTLER.
(To the Editor). Sir, — "Would-be Settler's" letter cufs no ice. My statements are (1) that scrub had to be cut seven inches below the soil is correct; (2) Fort Galatea is not miles away from the bridge, but across the river. Fort Galatea is the old name for that p$rt of the country; (3) waste is a correct statement when grubbing of green manuka, seven inches deep is required and stated that the price paid was such that no man could make a wage ; (4) the posts are still being laid through thick scrub with only a 12ft. line cut through it. That the posts can all burn if we have a dry summer is correct; (5) the light scrub land has only two inches of soil. I did not say the heavy land. The letters may be amazing but they are a true statement. It is interesting to state that all the men working on the scrub cutting cohtracts have had a bonus given them although they were working on signed contracts. I can assure "Would-be Settler" that no leg pulling has gone on. — I am. etc.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 86, 2 December 1931, Page 6
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