861,058 Acres For Settling Servicemen
WELLINGTON Wed. (P.A.).—To the end of October 861,058 acres have been purchased, acquired or set aside for the settlement of ex-servicemen under the land settlement scheme, according to an official statement.
This total was apart from about 50,000 individual farms bought by exservicemen with rehibilitation assistance from private vendors. Already 468,203 acres have been allotted, divisible into 1226 farms (496 sheep farms, 626 dairy and 104 mixed;. This left 392,855 acres with a potential of 851 farms (340 sheep, 494 dairy and 17 mixed).
During October 787 acres were purchased, divisible into nine farms <one sheep farm, five dairy farms.and three tobacco-growing units). Two of the dairy farms were in Taranaki. The three tobacco units were near Motueka. Fourteen farms were ballotted for among ex-service-men during October.
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Northern Advocate, 1 December 1948, Page 4
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