58,000 ACRES TAKEN OVER BY CROWN
(S.R.) HASTINGS, June 15 Fifty-eight thousand acres in the Waikari riding which formerly had been privately farmed have gone out of production, according to Mr. A. Bullick, who reported to a meeting of the Hawke's Bay County Council. Mr. Bullick said that between onequarter and one-third was being farmed or developed by the Crown and, consequently, was not paying county rates. “This is a most serious state of affairs, both for the riding and the county," declared the chairman, Mr. R. Harding. The council decided to take no action until such time as the matter was taken up by the Government,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22664, 15 June 1948, Page 4
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10758,000 ACRES TAKEN OVER BY CROWN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22664, 15 June 1948, Page 4
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