THE HAWERA L AND SALE.
♦ . We are informed by a gentleman whcrat-j tended the recent Government' land sale at Hawera, that the prices quoted by the Wanganui papers, and also by the Press Association's representative, were grossly exdg^eratfeciy " Th'eifigures'were alfogetheiv m j sic adiri g, ' uar tieuluriy '^n the total .. pro,- , ceeds of the s"_i'e,''whicH f were'set r down : at! 5 £200,000,; when, we are frtf orniled;£TO(s,66o! wo.uld'haveibestp. nearer ithe r_ark ; . ( '-Thei average prices for open town sections realised from £8 to £10 per acre, andbush land frpm,^3 i |o > £^:per! > acre..TheSe> prices Tire" high;' being' jusfc double thfi. upset price fixed by the Government. The exaggerated accounts given by the energetic re-; 'prclie'nsibl'er'ari.d' a* 'matter for -"regret". The telegraphed ; su^mat'y,;of 7 the |i sale 5 : ! if iihc ; 6ntVadi_ t tei_ , ,' J fs''eal'cula!t_d to cause a considerable amount of disappoin ment, tind annoyance to buyers at futuife' Wales. !l
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 26, 13 September 1882, Page 2
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149THE HAWERA LAND SALE. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 26, 13 September 1882, Page 2
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