THE CULVERDEN ESTATE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 150, 26 June 1908, Page 4

THE CULVERDEN ESTATE.

BALLOT FOR SECTIONS.

SUCCESSFUL MARLBOROUGH

APPLICANTS.

[press association.]

CHRISTCHURCH, June 26. The balloting for sections of the Culverden Estate began at 10 o'clock to-day. So great was the crowd that it could not be accommodated in the land office,. and the ballot was taken in the Art Gallery. There, were 783 applicants for 25 sections. xne results were as follows:— First-class land: Section . 3 (508 acres), Andrew J. Thompson (Culverden) ; section 4 (399 acres), - Edith Ellen Gallagher (Ladbrooks); section 11 (257 acres), Frank Travers (Culverden); section 12 (322 acres), Margaret Reid (Seddon); section 18 (228 . acres), E. A. Black (Waikari); section 14 (378 aci*es) Daniel McGillicuddy (Orari); section 15 (551 acres) ; W. H. Dunstan (Chertsey); section 17 (516 acres), Ellen Taylor (Sefton); section 19 (357 acres), Isabella Davidson (Killinchy); section 20 (462 acres), John Swaney (Temuka); section 21 (629 acres), Michael Herlihy (Culverden); section 22 (627 acres), T. G. Thompson (Christchurch); section 23 (558 acres), William Austin (Timaru); section 24 (561 acres), Walter F. Grueber (Timaru); section 25 (464 acres), Sarah L. Hunter (Timaru). Second-class land : section 1 (713 acres), Charles Davis (Christchurch); section 2 (709 acres), Edward Roberts (Blind River); section 5 (897 acres), D. M. Byrne (Addington); section 6 (736 acres), Ann Jane . Hampton (Chertsey); section ,7, John Dunbar (Ponsonby); section 8_ (1421 acres), Thomas Fowler (Blenheim); section 9 (1324 acres), George H. Sharpe (Waiau); section 10 (J56 acres), Sarah Butter (Upper Waiau); section 16 (660 acres), Peter McCallum (Hamilton Peaks, North Canterbury); section 18 (654 acres), Patrick Kennedy, junr. (Fernside); section 26, W. G. Polhill (Culverden). Third-class land : Section 27 (2892 acres), David Hampton (Christchurch); section 28, George Henshaw (Culverden); section 29 (2103 acres), Alfred Fisher (Springfield).