ORONGO SOLDIERS' BLOCK

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 280, 24 November 1921, Page 5

ORONGO SOLDIERS' BLOCK

BALLOT FOR LAND. The Auckland Land Board yesterday conducted a ballot for 037 acres of land in the Orongo settlement and 13,046 aeros of second and third-class land in other parts of the district. The Orongo land was divided into 13 sections. The highest number of applicants for any one section was 33, and the lowest 8. There were only 19 applicants for the second and third-class land (open to public ballot), those being confined to 2,837 acree of the best available. The successful applicants were:— Sec. 5 (48 acres), C. F. Hearn, Owliango: sec. 7 (43 acres), I. A. Holdeu, Kopu; sec. 0 (48 acres), J. M. Smith, llangaiti; see. 11 (48 acres), J. W. Wilkins, Whakatane; sec. 13 (47 acres), E. S. H. Hooper, Hamilton East;; ccc. 15 (44 acres), W. Paterson, Huntly; sec. 18 (44 acres), Leslie Ryan, Te Aroha; sec. •20 (50 acres), R. H. Gray, Kihikihi; sec. 22 (50 acres), T. D. Connel, Waitara; sec. 36 (35 acres), F. V. Cutting, Tβ Aroha; sec. 37 (73 acres), R. H. Daldy, Mamaku: ccc. 42 (52 acres), Leonard Ryan, Waihou; sec. 43 (51 acres), B. E. B. Kecnan, Wanganui. The Fallot for the second and thirdclass land resulted:—Sec. 1, block V., Waitoa (461 acres), S. T. Pateman,Patetonga; sec. 511, Taupiri Parish (442 acres), A. E. Smith, Onchunga; sections 79, 81, and 82, block VIII., Katikati (60G acres), L, J. Hills, Ngaruawahia; I sec. S, block 1., Aongatete (374 acres), IS. L. ShergoUl, Waihi; sec. 3a, block j V., Orahiri (104 acres), W. Fursdon, iCastteelill; sec. 8, block VII., Whareo- . I rino (633 acres), Wallace King, Marokopa; sec. 15, block XVI., Piako (79 acres), J. H. Newdiok, Pa-tetonga; sec. 10, block XVI., Piako (7S acres), J. H. Newdick, Patetonga.