THE LAND HUNGER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 6

THE LAND HUNGER.

FOUR' HUNDRED / APPLICANTS., (BT TELEGEAPII.—PBISB ASSOCUTIOS.V. ' March' 27. For some thirteen sections; of land in-the; ; Wataroa Valley, South nearly four hundred applications have Jbeen received, as many as' forty;applications being; received for ■ a single "section; ,Twenty-two; applicants were excluded .from, the,ballqt ; as being ineligible, already possessing sufficient .land;'. Tho Act-ing-Commissioner announced ,'that the Board had decided to'enforce the. provisions of. the law as to improvements and residence,'ana successful, applicants-i were warned, to. .this eftcct. All of them, however, agreed to submit to tho conditions. THE TE ARAI BALLOT Clsborrc3,< March. 27.. The ballot' for tho .To .Aral Estate, latel> ' by the Crown) , was -held to-day... Thero were fifty-five sections disposed of, and the applicants .Dsmmion; 684 applications.in being received.. -The following 'sections',;were ' drawn by outside - applicants:—-Section la, 28Q acres; W:, G.LeylanSv'East Olive:-section 3, . 213 acres, Miss Mary Macdonald, Wellington; section 9a, 266 acres, Mrs. C. H. Cullen, AVaipawa ji'section 11, 417 acres, D; Jv, Lar- t niich, Wellington ; Section'l2, 171 acres, Mrs. . Angus Macdonald, 'Auckland ; , section. 7| 302 . acros, D. A/ tees, Wairoa ingestion' 8, 260 : acres; Mrs. : C. G. Lees, 1 ;Napier; section-9,'-272 acres, -C. Tricket, Hastings ;< sectidn 11, . 502 acres, F. Griffith," Christcnurch; section . 12, 392 acres, Thomas Ward, ;Wairdrapa; Bection 4, Turanganui, J. : Sistertori, Ranga»wahia; section.7, Turanganui, 36} acres,- E. Metcalfo,. Wellington; section 26,' 340 acres, Winifrad Knapman, rSouthbrook', ' Canterbury; section 1," block 9j 134 acres, -G.. T. Sherwood, Havelock North ; ■ 3cction 8, 538 acres, T. G. Macalister; Canterbury.-

TAUMATA SECTIONS. ; " ; >:• Dunodin, March.2/.' ' Sovonty-four ; approvcd applicants wont to i ballot for Taumata sections to-day.. Nino small farms, were offered, and successful ap-, plicants wore Section 2a, 709 acres, nino , - ' applicaJits, W. J.- Roberts (Hamilton •South)section 3a, 360. acres; G. Smith (Chertsoy); section 4a, 473 acres, j. Charles Shirley (Hornby); section 5a,-"32B,'acres; J. Carrnthers (Martmborough); section' Ca, ;453 ncros, J. Crornb (Gimmerburn)-; scction '7a, 395 acres, • Jas. Murney (Tapanui);. i;cction - Sa, "4G4 acres, J. 13. M'Arthur, (Tablo - Hill, Milton); scction 9a," 2CO acres,' F. Gtsrtt . hVaiwora) ; section 10a, 239 acros,. D.. Anr. ' derson (Ngapara).. ■ ■,,■. j

Next month the annual: balance..snlo of pianos and oi'&ans; will .be..held, hy. Mr.' ; ,.'F. J. pinnv • »,• t. Ins music' ivnfuiiousiv Lower Cuba Street/ Substantial reductions; #te Arinonhcixl in our advertising columns/and among th<) linos to bo sold arc the cilebral W Mason-art<l Ilamlin and the 1 " Dominion " • organs,' for which 'Mr. Pinny 16 sole, agent. • r:; . . . •, The forty-ninth annual mcotuir; of tho Australian. Mutual Provic]Giit..P'?cic>ty F will be-licld- . in ' the Hall "of .the Y;M.C.A, ylliiildinK,; Pitt Street, Svduov, on Friday, May 1. Particulars of the- agenda paper appear m • our ndvortisißg columns to-day.-, . • Messrs. Bnkcr Bros., auctioneers: and. estate agents, Lambton. Quay; advertise m this isstis' ■ - particulars, nf'properties' to'.' bo'sold bv them ou Wednesday,' April 1, &t p.m.