BIG LAND DEAL.
HAWKE'3 BAY ESTATE SOLD. 'PALMJifiSTON X., August 17. Two I'almerston farmers have- concluded a land deal running well over six figures with .Messrs Herrick Bros, The property —tin: Oporao Estate, twenty-live miles from. Dnniievirke—consists of G'ooo acres, on which there are five homesteads completely' equipped. !L'ho...stoek-W)ii,sists-of 10,000 sheep and u'OO cattle. A London syndicate'invested £IOO,OOO in oil-boring on the property, but work is temporarily suspended rtwiiig to the war. The property was originally cut up and sold by the Government in small blocks, but, being then all in heavy bush, soon became aggregated. The land is now eminently suitable for close settlement.'
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North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13651, 19 August 1916, Page 7
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105BIG LAND DEAL. North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13651, 19 August 1916, Page 7
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