RUSH FOR LAND.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
BLENHEIM, this day
There was a great rush for sections on the Richmond Brook suburban sections at Starborough, and the township of Seddon. Applications closed at the local Land Board office yesterday. There were 1058 applications from 195 persons. For Richmond Brook 10 sections of from 191 to 594 acres and a small grazing run of 1437 acres, there were 44 applications from 40 applicants; for Starborough suburban sections. 12 in number, of area from 46 to 169 acres, there were 304 applictaions from 52 applicants; for the township sections, 116 offered, there were 10 applications from 103 applicants.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 196, 19 August 1899, Page 5
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