NATIVE LANDS.
PURCHASE BY THE GOVERNMENT. WAIROA, July 16. It is reported on good authority that the Natives have practically agreed to sell the Awawa-Totara block to the Government. This land, in area about 17,000 acres, is situated near Waikari, and the route of the East Coast railway runs through it. There is a fairly strong inclination on the part of the Natives to sell their surplus lands, and the local authorities consider that the best way to settle the Native question is to have these lands occupied by Europeans and paying rater for road and bridge construction.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3097, 23 July 1913, Page 27
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98NATIVE LANDS. Otago Witness, Issue 3097, 23 July 1913, Page 27
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