THE UREWERA LANDS.
GOVERNMENT PURCHASES. CONSOLIDATION OF INTERESTS. [BY TELEGBAPH. SPECIAL BEPORTEE.] WHAKATASTE, Wednesday. _. With reference to the 400,000 acres purchased by the State in the Urewera country, a largs assembly of natives at Ruatoki to-morrow -will represent to the visiting members of Parliament that the time has arrived when the Government should consolidate its purchases within certain defined blocks, and thns bring about a stocktaking of interests, both native and European, in these lands. Sir ™ a ™ ferries, before giving up ths portfolio of Native Affairs, expressed himself as sympathetic with this proposal, > 3 ? .. onl y question to be raised was whether such a vast consolidation schema could be carried out with promptitude. THe Hon. A. T. Ngata will guarantee to * ." n *?» , tha * the proposal is adopted by the Government, consolida, tion will be settled within twelve months.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17708, 17 February 1921, Page 6
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138THE UREWERA LANDS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17708, 17 February 1921, Page 6
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