BALLOT FOR LAND

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8365, 27 February 1913, Page 10

BALLOT FOR LAND

SHERENDEN SETTLEMENT LIST OF THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS. Press Association. NAPIER, February 26. The ballot' for sections in the Sherenden settlement was held at the Lands Office this afternoon, being conducted bv the Crown Lands Commissioner, Mr B. T. Sadd and the staff. This was the first ballot held m Napier under the new Land Laws Amendment Act, and was carried out in the presence ,of a. large number of interested applicants The , total number of applicants was seventy-nine. Of these the number admitted to the ballot as being landless and having children dependent upon, them, or who had within the preceding two years been twice unsuccessful in former ballots, was 34. The number of landless applicants who were ineligible for preference was 27, and the number who withdrew their applications or were rejected by the board was 8. The following is the result of the acres 3 rods. J. W. Spnnggay, of Manutuke, Gisborne, farmer. _ Section 2. block 2, Matapiro 418 acres 2 roods, Henry Dysart, of Hastings, contractor. . Section 3, block 2, Matapiro, 504 acres. Mrs Agnes Phin, Hastings. Section 1, block 2, Matapiro, 389 acres, William John Magill, of Petane, farmer. . Section I - , block 4, Matapiro, 573 acres 1 rood, J. A. Hammond, of-Gis-borne, farmer. , r Section 2, block 4, Matapiro, 567 acres 1 rood, Miss Amy Hallann, of Gisborne. , . „„, Section 3, block 4, Matapiro, 684 acres, A. H. Oliver, of Wairoa, shepherd. 1 Section 2. block 6, Matapiro, 386 acres, Neville Halse, of Wellington, farmer. r Section 3, block 6, Matapiro, 376 acres, George Bren chi ey, of Napier, farmer. ' , . Section 4, block 6, Matapiro, 423 acres, Eber Sherwood, of Havelock North, labourer. Section 5, block 6, Matapiro, 443 acres, ■ Mrs Florence Merritt, of Waerenga-a-hika, Gisborne. Section 6, block 6, Matapiro, 448 acres, Alexander G. Taylor, of Blenheim, farm hand. Section 7, block 6, Matapiro, 529 acres 1 rood, J. Jameson, of Maraekakaho, shepherd. Section 1. block 7, Matapiro, 420 acres 2 roods, Robert Hngb Vallance, of Ward, Marlborough, butcher. Section 2, block 7. Matapiro. 686 acres, Hugh Spear Caldwell, of Napier, ploughman. Section 3, block 7, Matapiro, 373 acres, Joseph Mollier, of Wellington, tobacconist. Section 4, block 7, Matapiro, 519 acres, E..N. C. Clarkson, of Hastings, sheep farmer. Section 5, block 7, Matapiro, 696 acres, Jack Baker, of Wairoa, farmer. Section 1, block 8, Matapiro,; 382 acres, Michael Connor, of Hastings, farm manager. • Section 2, block 8, Matapiro, 492 acres 2 roods, A.. E. Porter, of Shannon, labourer. ! Section 3, block 8, Matapiro, 527 acres, W. George Wall, of Maraekakaho, station hand. »