LAND SETTLEMENT IN CENTRAL BULLER.
Per Press Association,. Nelson, August 14. The settlement of the back country of Nelson, which was locked up for 17 years under the Railway Act, is now progressing very satisfactorily. Tbirtyhvc thousand acres in Central Bullor, including mid-Mariua, Rappa, Hanock, Warwick and Tutnki, are being thrown open. A ballot took place at Murchiaon to-day in the presence of Mr Flannagan, the Commissioner for Crown Lands, and 2(1,500 acres were taken up, while the probabilities are that the balance will be secured in the course of a few days by those disappointed at 'he ballot. The applications for the various sections ranged in number from one to forty-eight, and as well as Nelson applicants, there were settlers from Tarnnaki, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Canterbury, and Otago.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 15 August 1907, Page 2
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130LAND SETTLEMENT IN CENTRAL BULLER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 15 August 1907, Page 2
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