LEVIN NEWS.
[per pbess association.] Levin, Sept. 15. Three days of showery weather have saved the Levin district from parched conditions and given dairymen good heart. As the August rainfall was less than me fourth of the average for tliat month., this week’s soaking rainfall was badly needed.
To-day’s stock sales mark th*? inauguration of weekly sales at Levin. Formerly fortnightly ones were held. Exceptionally large entries have been made and buyers are present from Wellington. Palmerston and* Wairarapa. There is a until-cable increase in rhe confidence of Hie district as dispiaved in land purchases and high prices. The Buller estate and the Gear estate induced other landholders to sell.
Arrangements lor auction of 700 acres of first class land within Levin are being completed and the sale will probably take place next month.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 230, 15 September 1911, Page 5
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134LEVIN NEWS. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 230, 15 September 1911, Page 5
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