LAND FOR SETTLERS.
BLOCK OF 7/) 10,000 ACRES. £ PURCHASE BY GOVERNMENT. SHEEP STATION NEAR GISBORNE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] GISBORNE, Thursday. The negotiations for the purchase by the Government of To Wera station, in the Matawm-Tahora district, have been completed, and the property, which comprises nearly 10,000 acres of good land, mostly improved, will in due course bt opened for settlement. The owners of the property were Mr. J. O. Field and Dr. W. A. Chappie. They acquired the station some years ago from Sir James Carroll, in whose possession it had been for many years. Te Wera is situated about ten miles from Matawai and Rakauroa and has good road communication with both townships. The price paid for the property by the Government is stated -to be between £6 and £7 per acre, so that the total amount involved is over £60,000. II; is intended to open the block for selection about February. The block will probably be cut up into about five sheep runs. There are about 3500 acres of bush, but the balance is fully improved, and although the land is situated in an area notorious for its broken nature, it is good easy rolling hills.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260813.2.52
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19405, 13 August 1926, Page 10
Word Count
199LAND FOR SETTLERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19405, 13 August 1926, Page 10
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in