LAND BALLOT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 223, 26 January 1911, Page 7

LAND BALLOT

OPATU BLOCK. At the Courthouse, Now Plymouth, yesterday morning, 381!) acres of land comprising the Opalu Block were olTcri'n for selection on renewable lease in l-i holdings varying from 1,30 to 730 acres. I All the sections were applied for and all were disposed of. The Opatu Block [is situated near the junction of the Ohura and VVanganui rivers. Details are as follows: HEAO S.D. Section 13, block 2, IC9 acres, T. Mather; 12 applicants. ' ' Section 14, block 2, 185 acres, D. F. M'Leod; 11 applicants. Section 15, block 2, 240 acres, Stanley Gibbons; 15 applicants. Section 2, block 3, 203 acres, J. Coles; 2 applicants. Section 3, block 3, 195 acres, T. and A, Farr; 0 applicants. Section 1, block 0, 259 acres, F. W. and R. J. Newman; 14 applicants. Section 2, block 0, 203 acres, J. Potter; 18 applicants. Section 1, block 7, 207 acres, G. K. Law; 14 applicants. Section 2. block 7, 204 acres, W. G. Speedy; 2 applicants. ' j

Section 3, block 7, 203 acres, W. Pearcc; U applicants. Section 4, block 7, 450 acres, A. A, Adams; 9 applicants. Section 0, block 7, 479 acres, A. Sexton; 7 applicants. Section •7, block 7, 509 acres, If. Woodill; 14 applicants. Section 8, block 7, 184 acres, C. 1. Allingham; 8 applicants. The following Crown sections were disposed of by auction:—Section 20, block 2, Whangamomona township, 2(1 perches, M'Cluggage Bros., £27; section 21, block 2, Whangamomona township, 33.1 perches, M'Cluggage Bros., £52; section 20, block 4, Whangamomona township, 1 rood, P. M. Long (Whangamomona township), £25; section 3, Mangaroa suburban, 5 acres 1 rood 17 perches, L. J. Lloyd (Wellington), £110; section 3, block 7, Waitara S.D., 3 acres, E. H. Gibson (Urenui), £lO. The following leases were also disposed of by auction:—Sections 43 and 44, block 3, Whangamomona, each containing 1 rood, at the upset rental of £1 a year, to James Reedy, Whangamomona township.