LAND TRANSACTIONS IN CENTRAL OTAGO.
TO THE EDITOR. Sie, —A land hunger seems to exist in Central Otago. We have one leaseholder, who occupies about 6000 acres of education endowments and a large area of freehold, shearing about 3000 sheep. Surely this alone should be a good living for a married man with a family. But no; he has now purchased a freehold property of 2000 acres and a leasehold and mining reserve of about 500 acres. The leasehold country would comfortably make a living for another settler. I hope that when the transfer of the leasehold comes before the members of the Land Board they will go deeply into the matter and take into consideration whether he or any of his family is entitled to a transfer of the leasehold. There are settlers in the district with small holdings who'would be very pleased to have the chance of getting the leasehold. Why should this leaseholder and freeholder be allowed to grab all in the district? —I am, etc., Landless. January 27.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20318, 28 January 1928, Page 9
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