LAND BALLOT.

Otago Witness, Issue 3983, 15 July 1930, Page 36

LAND BALLOT.

LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS. GISBORNE, July 11. Considerable interest was shown hefe to-day in the ballot for Poroporo block, 5316 acres of second-class, bush-covered land, about 10 miles from Tikitiki, on the east, coast, and about 90 miles north of Gisborne. The block was divided into five sections, with good soil on papa and Btony formation, and the sections are suitable for sheep and cattle raising. There were 40 applicants, who came from the Poverty Bay district. Hawke’s Bay, the Bay of Plenty, the North Island Main Trunk line, and Wellington. Many of the applicants put in for more than one section, so that the total applications numbered 78. The ballot resulted as follows: — Section 1, area 1319 acres: Seven applicants—R. W. Hayes, Karioi, North Island Main Trunk line. Section 2, 1344 acres: Twelve applicants —J. A. Brownlie, Motuhora, Poverty Bay. Section 3, 823 acres: Twenty;one applicants —W. A. Hayes, Matawai, Poverty Bay. Section 4,1030“ acres: Nineteen applicants —A. D. Bruce, Tokomaru Bay. Section 5, 800 acres: Nineteen applicants —E. A Fraser, Whangara, Poverty Bay. I

It is learnt that? the fishing industry this season at Stewart Island is, so far, owing to weather conditions, one of the worst on record (writes the Bluff correspondent of the Southland News) In fact, Mr W. J. Thomson, of Port Pegasus, says that it is the -worst his station has ever experienced. The season only lasts for another three or four months, and it is hoped that the Islanders will have better success during that period.