Messrs W. G. Stead and E. J. Watt, of Hawke's Bay, have purchased from Mr H. R. Butcher, of Kaiapoi, a portion of the well-known Strathmore estate, about 23 miles from Rotorua, and comprising about 28,000 acres, tho price paid being stated at £36,000 (says the "Hawke's Bay Herald.") Though much of the estate is pumice country, it also contains about 10,000 acres of rich swamp land. It is the intention of the new owners to drain the land by deepening the Waiotapu river to the extent of about 4ft for a distance of some 15 chains. It is to be hoped that the enterprise of the new owners will meet with the success which it deserves. 6d Yard. See Somervell's Window for Cotton Goods.
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Northern Advocate, 26 January 1911, Page 5
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