APPEASING THE EARTH HUNGER
. *- [Pkr United Phess Association.] ASH BUR TON. March 4. The Minister of Lands states that lho area of the Ruapuna Estate, which lias been purchased by the Government for closer settlement, is 4,423 acres. The price paid was £9 an acre, the total purchase money being £39.807. The exact number of sections into which the estate will bo subdivided has not been determined, but there will probably be from fifteen to twenty sections, although it may be found possible later on to cut up the estate into even smaller areas.
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Evening Star, Issue 14307, 4 March 1910, Page 6
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94APPEASING THE EARTH HUNGER Evening Star, Issue 14307, 4 March 1910, Page 6
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