ANOTHER ASPECT.

NZ Truth, Issue 889, 9 December 1922, Page 2

ANOTHER ASPECT.

. However, ths . AuoHl&n.d "Star" got faußy and 'commented as follows :*■—

In view^ of ' Mr Mfissey supporting this -particular purchase, it is aa well that the facts should be fully stated rind the public itself Judg<s the nature pf the transaction.

The block is known as the Tatua West Park and consists of 1000 acres. It was offered by Mr Dansey, of Rotorua, to the Crown for £$000, and was declined by the local Commissioner of Crown Lands. A little later it" was sold to Mrs Hoyes for £4850 and the transfer will be. found registered- (vol. 48, folio. 222, Auckland Registry Office). , About 14 months later Mrs Hoyes sold it for £27,600 to the- Crown through the Railway Department. •;Mr Massey states that the Crown did not "acquire the freehold., but thip .he appears to be miainform"ed, for, according^ to vol. 2SI, folio. 18, 'm the Deeds Registry, ..-. Auckland, the . Crown , has a Land Transfer title m ,fee simple. • „-. ■ The Commissioner of Crown Lands would not- report m favor of the purchase for £8000, ljut m Wellington through the Railway Department the Crown gives £27,500. The block is shown on the Crown Lands Department map as 3000 feet above sea level. The timber is Inaccessible and experts can prove that it is extremely difficult to get it out. The Railway Department since the purchase of the block. have not tried to cut the .timber. At the same time the department ■ has ample timber m the Mamuku ranges linked up by tram lines to the mills and station 'at Mamuku. r - It la drawing attention to this Government transaction by a correspondent that the Prime Minister m a speech at Howick referred to as "despicable mudthrowing." As our contemporary says, the public should judge. Who Is right? Is it a mare's nest?