FIFTY YEARS AGO
WAIKATO POTENTIALITIES It was about half a century ago that settlors began to realise the pptentia ties of the Waikato as a fanning: area. The following item appeared in V., Xkw Zealand Hkhald of April i < 1886: , ..... : n " There is a very healthy actn it. the ])iirchase of lands in the. Wai -it the present time. A number ot smaw farms for bona fide settlement been purchased recently and on o dav Dr. Carey sold another oO acres o the Forest Lake Estate, on the outskirts of the borough, at a slightly _ price on the last. The new is Mr. Vincent, of the pottery . .j e The land is some of the most in the district for wheat growing-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22392, 13 April 1936, Page 6
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122FIFTY YEARS AGO New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22392, 13 April 1936, Page 6
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