LAND SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION.
I'KK PRESS ASSOCIATION. Weim.vgtox, February 8. A deputation from the Young New Zcalanders' Laud Settlement Association has been interviewing the Minister of Lands re the subdivision and settlement of about two hundred thousand acres in the Lower Clarence Viilley, of which thirty thousand are freehold.' Mr Walter Gibson, President of the Association, informed th- Minister (hat the area once carried 110,000 sheep, ninl now has only 52,000. liabhits had overrun it, and if not settled at once Ihe district would be devastated. 1.1 «as also good for fruit growing. It was suggested that (he Govern, incut should retain a portion as a Slate farm for educational purposes. The Minister s:„d the proposal j,,. volved a large expenditure, but he would send experts to report. The deputation also saw Sir J. G. Ward, and asked him to acquire 100 acres atKahutaia Bluff for scenic purposes, and to preserve the bush on the road to Blenheim.
•Sir.l. G. Ward promised to have (li suggestion reported on.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8044, 5 February 1906, Page 2
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167LAND SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8044, 5 February 1906, Page 2
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