FLAXBOURNE ESTATE.
[by TELEGRAPH.— own correspondent.]
Dunedin, Monday. An Otago fanner, who secured one of the best sections in the Flaxbourne Estate, says that all those who were successful at the ballot seem to be very well satisfied with the results. Several sections, such as those that are nob watered, however,, had to be passed in twice before they were taken up. He thinks that the estate will be a splendid clover country. A large portion of his section, which comprises about 600 acres, is in English grass. He thinks that the Government made a mistake in insisting that the owners of the. estate should dispose of the sheep before the ballot. If the sheep had been allowed to remain there the successful selectors would have bought those on. the land. As it is, they will have to obtain the stock from other parts of the colony, and transfer it to Flaxbourne. At Blenheim, even on the day of the ballot, orders for sheep were sent as far South as Invercargill.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 6
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