THE BRANCEPETH PURCHASE.
OPINION OF ME ELI SMITH. Mr Eli Smith, secretary of the Masterton Closer Settlement League, informed an Age reporter yesterday that his League was in no way responsible for the acquisition of a portion of the Brancepefch estate for oloser settlement. Tho negotiations had, he said, been made direct wTth the Land Purchase Board. He understood that over five thousand acres of inferior land had been taken, and that a few hundred acres had been taken besidas to give access to the Poro Poro property. Ijajtanith said he had not been on the ■WPoepeth land that had been taken by the Goverrraent, but he did not think that land at £1 por acre was suitable for closer settlement. It might be out up into three or four large blocks, but even then the cost of fencing and buildings would be eo high that settlers would have a difficulty in making a living off it. Mr Smith did, not think that it was the intention of tho Aot that estates should be taken and subdivided only into large blocks.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 June 1913, Page 6
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181THE BRANCEPETH PURCHASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 June 1913, Page 6
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