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Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 30, 14 July 1888, Page 2

Wb cannot help expressing our disgust at the dilatory way in which the Land Department is opening up the virgin soil around us for settlement. One of the most glaring cases in point is the locking up of a 4000 acre block adjoining Matamau, The land has been surveyed and subdivided} and, as far as we know, there is nothing to prevent a sale being held at any moment. One would almost think that the officials are playing into the hands of the Manawatu Wellington Railway Company by "keeping this block so long out of the market. We know for certain that several very desirable would-be small holders, properly be. longing t6 these Bush Settlements, have lately invested capital in the Fitzherbert Country in their despair over not being able to acquire land nearer home. We know also that there are at the least half a dozen intending purchasers waiting to invest their savings in this land if they can get a chance. As the whole of this area is covered with timber it is of great importance to dispose of the sections before it is too late to fell the bush. We have brought the matter up at the request of several intending purchasers and hope that our few remarks will meet the eye of our Member with the result that the much desired sale will take place at a near future date.