SPECIAL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATIONS.
Appllcatloas of Noa. 1,2. and 3 ' Accepted. . Mr A. W. Gould has returned to i Pahjatua from Wellington, having i been successful in lodging fjrsf appli- I cations for land in the Puketois • selected by Nob. j, 8, and 8 Assopia- i tions, formed berg. The land papnot ' be allotted until after tho 81st March, j when the above Associations, will < have priority. i The reason the blocks applied for '< cannot be alloted at once (says the < Pahiatua Star) is that the area set < apart for special settlements in any i one year (100,000 aores) has already t been exceeded. . . i A township reserve wjll he set c aßidoatprnear.thelpsalityo.fMr R. * P. Greville's present camp, on the t Pongaroa Creek, which it is expected c will form a centre for the tjirce t associations and any others that may ? seleot in the locality, j .Mr Gould interviewed the Premier t on the subject of the eligibility of t village settlers, to become special & settlement association members,-. Mr d Gould pointed out/the great hardship r that would be caused by excluding a this class of men from special settle- * ments; and the Premier said provided 'a that the village settlers could dispose a of their present leases before the con- 1 si dition of residence on tho - special h settlement required to be complied h with, ; no obstacle would be put in the « way. Mr Gbuldlia's also th'o. follow, ti ing letter from thoVTlVpakbient 'of ri Lands and Survey on'the' 1 same sub- j( 'ject;-''lam.difeoied Hon, li
Minister of Lands to Acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th Feb, as to whether village settlers'can take up holdings in special settlement associations, and to inform you that if they cau fulfil the conditions of residence, and the total area of land which they own and seek to lease, does not exceed 820 acres, they are eligible,—A, Barron."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4054, 4 March 1892, Page 2
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319SPECIAL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATIONS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4054, 4 March 1892, Page 2
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