LAND FOR SOLDIERS.
ACTIVE BUYING POLICY, ESTATE NEAR TAIRUA. (By Telegraph.- Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. According to a statement made to your correspondent by the Hon. D. H. Guthrie, Minister in charge of soldier settlement, an active purchase policy is (being continued. He had made a definite offer for an area at Tairua, Mercury Bay, a little less than the vendor asked. If this i= bought 20 or 22 soldiers will (be able to secure good dairy farms. The Government has bought the wellknown Motutara property, near Kameu, on the Helensville railway. The area is 2984 acres, capable of sub-division into 22 sections for dairying and grazing. There is also a number of seaside sections framing the Wests Coast Instructions have been given that no time is to be lost in arranging bfte area for selection. An offer for a portion of Clark's Opua estate, near Gi&borne, i> being by the vendor.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 292, 7 December 1920, Page 4
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154LAND FOR SOLDIERS. Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 292, 7 December 1920, Page 4
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