THE MOTUTARA ESTATE.
HISTORY jOF |3loHASfi^ [BY TELEOBAPB.— BFBCWi , WELLINGTON, Wfatedv?, :■/■ Questions regarding the purchase of the Motutara Estate were answered by the Prime Minister in the House to-day,: ; Mir. R. McCallum (Wairau) had askedl'iwhother, immediately before selling to.'ihe» Government for £58.000. the'former 6whcr had returned the value of the property to the Valuer-General as of the capital value of £8000 only, and whether the owner at any time made any objection to the amount of such value being fixed by the Valuer-General at £8000 until 1920, and, in tha waa the value increased by The Prime Minister said tho department concerned had informed him that j the answer in each case wa ß in the negaMr McCallum's further question waa whether the Valuer-General 4 was con, Sort ™£k2 ? purchaßfi of the P r »Pe*v and the reasonableness of the £ & T ' In answer to this, Mr. Massav «»i«i *i. Land Purchase Board was ™* y .^l d - $* &£3£ reP ° rt ' b "> SS23 Sale Controller on receiv mg the offer nf*»£ the North Auckland District toTeport fa i,38,<W0, with the approval of the board. a
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18171, 17 August 1922, Page 8
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183THE MOTUTARA ESTATE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18171, 17 August 1922, Page 8
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