Illustrating tlie effects of a land doom, the speaker at the Kerepeehi Labour Party's meeting quoted the case of a Waikato farm of 120 acres which was sold for £3,000 at the beginning of the boom, says the Hauraki Plains Gazette. The land, changed hands six times, the last price being £11,400. The six sales had put £lll3 into the pockets of the land agents and £650 into the pockets of the lawyers. These commissions and fees were almost sufficient to buy a farm of the same size and of the best quality land anywhere in England where the butter and cheese produced would be within half-a-day’s journey of the same market as the produce of the Waikato farm. TRACK RIDING. Cyclists, keep your muscles lit and free from aches and strains. Use ELLIMAN’S EMBROCATION, the ideal massage preparation. Try a bottle. S
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17984, 1 April 1930, Page 2
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143Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17984, 1 April 1930, Page 2
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