THE LAND HUNGER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 8, 28 May 1914, Page 8

THE LAND HUNGER.

BALLOT AX NEW PLYMOUTH. At the Crown Land 4 Office yesterday six sections of second-class land, coinprising .in alii .">2o;i acr.w, siiuated in the Omona survey district, ejjtra-tforrf County, were submitted far ballot. Tim sections varied in area from 312 acres to lToT) acre.*. For tlirec of the smaller areas, there ivus keen competition, but of tlie (tilircc ilarger onc« only cue w.u applied l for. The lands 1 were open for sale or selection either for cash, for 'occupation with, riglit of purchase, or for renewal© lease at the option of the applicant.. was given to landteft applicants with children d*epen dent, upon them or who had within tihe preceding two years applied for land at ieii.it twice unsuccessfully. In nil, thirty four applications we>rc received, and of tlicse twenty were classified as prefer ence, seven lion-preforence, whilst te.vcn were rejected for wiou* reasons, audi as not landless, no particulars a.i to capital and insufficient means. T.he ballot resulted as follows: (Section 5, Bhick 7, Omona 5.1)., 0.10 acres.—4 applications. Harriett, Lewis.

Section 11, Block 7, Omona, 400 acre.-. —lO applicants; Mrs E. L. Buird. A. J. Canter drew the winning marble, but as lie was not present to complete, the section was balloted for again. flection 12, Block 7. Omona, 312 acre-. —ls applicants; G. IS. L. ISiirfitt. Section 13, Block 7, Ounona, 17.i.) acres —one applicant; S. 11. James, Stratford.

For section-0, Block 8, Oinomi, 12; i(! acres, and section 5, Itlock H. Omoiia. 7i>o acres, there were no applicants. Those were then ilcfjt open to sii'lection, and Inter in the afternoon-' the former was taken up by Mr W. A. He wilt t, of Stratford. The latter was also applied for. but the application smu?4o be dealt with by tl.e Land Hoard.