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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12929, 27 July 1905, Page 3

NEW SERIAL STORY. "A BITTER HARVEST/' BY I/lAROLINE TTASTINGS Author of " The Cross of Circumstance," " Eva's Dilemma," " For the Sake 'A One Woman," Etc., Etc. The opening chapters of this interesting story of love and adventure will appear on QATURDAY FIRST: JULY f)Q and thereafter instalments will appear daily in the columns of the '' "jtfEW I7EALAND TTERALD. The Heaton Park Estate, near Marion, containing about 20,000 acres, has been offered to the Government under the Land for Settlement Act, and, should it be purchased, part of it, says the Premier, could be reserved for recreation if a special vote to buy such a reserve is given by the House. A few days ago the Kaikoura whalers, after an exciting chase, made fast to a large right whale, which took the boats some miles southward before being dispatched. Its value is estimated at about £200. A great number of whales have been seen in the vicinity of the peninsula this season. The natives of Opape, Bay of Plenty, are about to erect a large meetinghouse at their settlement. The building will be 90ft by 29ft inside. The timber is to toe matai and