SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Issue XXXVI, 21 October 1905, Page 3

SOUTHERN NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) SALE OF PROPERTY. HASTINGS, this day. At auction yesterday 1285 acres" of -"aaraekakaho Estate was disposed of at Mr *T er^ 2 P rfCe ° f £9 5 / P er acre - to 1, \r Ngatarawa Estate was offered, but only 721 acres were 4* £* av «rage of £12 15/ per acre. ine Government has decided to acquire compnlaorily Mr T. H. Lowry's UKawa property near Hastings, containing 14,700 acres, for close? settlement.

HOKT.TLKA, Friday. A fire broke out at one o'clock this afternoon in the large two-storey residence of Mr D. J. Evans, county clerk, ine upper portion was completely gutted, and the building wrecked. The insurances are: £500 in the Norwich Union on the building, and £200 on the furniture in the Northern.

GISBORNE, this day. Members of Hawke's Bay Land Board returned to town last evening from a visit to the Motu. They expressed themselves astonished with the timber to be seen at the Motu, much of which is being sacrificed by clearing fires. Members say a mistake has been in throwing open the land before the railway reached it, as the timber would have nearly paid for the line.