LAND SALES ACT

Grey River Argus, 27 September 1944, Page 6

LAND SALES ACT

. NEW PLYMOUTH, Serft. 26. A new procedure involving the right of the Crown to have the first option in the event of the re-sale of land was disclosed by the Taranaki LanH Sales Committee at Hawera. Permission was granted to an applicant to purchase a property on which to settle his son, a returned serviceman, but it was stipulated that while the - Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act was • in force, a covenant would be required that if the son ceased to tarm the property, the land should be offered to the Crown at the present price, plus the cost of any permanent improvements made in "the inJoo™ - T lie applicant already owns 183 acres, and has a lease of 29 acres.