LAND HUNGER

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 281, 22 July 1932, Page 6

LAND HUNGER

GREAT MANY APPLICANTS IN GOVERN MENT BALLOTS. NORTH ISLAND SELECTORS. An indication oi* the deinand 101 land by intending settlers throughouv New Zealartd is given by the Lands. Depaitment, which sLates that no fe.v er than 453 appiications were muJe for 33 sections dispcsed oi' by ballot betwem June 22 and Juiy 14. Sections on seven blocks in Ino North isianu were thrown open for se'iection auring tne period, tne de partment having in eaeh instance carried oue work oa ihe properti s, sonit of which were in an advanced state of deveiopment. 1 here are 22 secticns on the Wharekohe biock, noai Whangara, and at ihe oaiiot on uu.u. 22 thire were 1 8 apphcations for 1G sections, which were dispossd oi, leaving J - stiil available. i\o ievvei* than i ± appdcations were made for four sections on the Onepu block, near Whakatane, ior which a oaiLt wa.-, heiu on Jun j Ld. All foui seoiiOiis were ailoui -d. On the sainc day ballots took place for four sections on ihe Renown tdoek, wnich it part of tne Runowii eoai reservo, neni Huntly, and for three s.- ctions on tui 'l's Kauwhata biock in the Waikato. There were 40 applicants for the iie nown pro* er ties and 62 for the i i KauwThata sections, all seven being ailotted. On Juiy 14 there were ballots foi sec tions on three further blocks, and 199 applicants were received for 12 properties. Ihe blocks were Waioteatua, near Huntly, Koromatua, seve. m:ies I'rom Te Aroha, and Mangatutu, rear Otorohanga, 'ihe average num ber admitted to the ballot for each seeticn on Waioteatua and Mangatutu was elaven, the average for Koromatua being 55. All the sections wert allotted. 'Ihe next ballot will be for sections on the Waikeria block, which will be offered on Juiy 27.