Land-owning in Britain on anything like a forge scale at the present time is, according to Sir Pyers Mbstyn, « Welsh baronet who arrived in Sydney a few days ago, an expensive luxury. Discussing the matter, Sir Pyers said that his own estate consisted of 6000 acres, but the costs were so great that ho had sold the whole of it except the liouae and surrounding gardens. To keep a largo estate, in fact, actually coat over 20 per cent, more than it brought in. The consequence was that practically all *‘»ich properties were being 'broken up. Most of the land was being bought by the tenants, and only the houses were being
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1922, Page 5
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112Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1922, Page 5
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