A QUEENSLAND BARGAIN.
MR. SCRIMGEOUR'S LAND DEAL. HUGE SUM INVOLVED. . ' Writing ' concerning. the Queensland land purchaso of Mr. Scrimgeour, formerly of Otago and Hawke's Bay, in oonjunceion with Mr. Hugh Ross, of Victoria;-' as. reported ill tho "Dominion" of : May 5, our Wairarsfpa correspondent says it is claimed to be one .of the biggest land deals recorded in _ the history of Queensland. Tho property in question comprises several important estates, and covers about 200 square miles. It possesses a frontage of 50 miles to the- Macintyre and Callandoo River 3. The stations were sold as going concerns, with sheep, cattle, and horses. The price paid is understood to have, been something near £200,000. ' Mr. Scrimgeour has not been any great length of timo out of Hawke's Bay, and previously he was a well-known settler in Otago, ' where his knowledge of land and stock brought him well-deserved success.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 3
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147A QUEENSLAND BARGAIN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 3
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