PEOPLE LOOKING FOR BARGAINS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 22, 18 August 1932, Page 5

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR BARGAINS

DEMAND FOR FARMS IN WAIKATO BACK TO LAND TREND (Special Service.) HAMILTON, To-day.—A good demand tor all classes of land Doth for dairying and sheep farming, is being experienced in this district at the present time, according to a leading local land agent wno mentioned that areas up to 2000 acres were required, and while there were plenty of people around with money available, they were looking for bargains, and were not easily satisfied.

Quite a lot of sales had nevertheless been made, tne majority of tne buyers being resident in tne Waikato. It appeared that many peopie wno had previously exchanged Uieir tarms ior nouse property were seeK. ing to excnange the houses in t~wn tor land again—in shore, the trend wa s bade to tne land. Buyers of land were looking Lor farms on tile Ue»i L oioie terms. "Contrary 10 the general opinion. there is more privately owned land lying idle today than, State-owned nam,' our informant continued. "Maori land is another problem that will have to be tackled soon, a s a iui of leases are tailing Que, or have already run out, and if some action is not. taken soon in these eases a lot oi good land will go back to weeds and 'blackberry., Quae a large [area of this Maori land is lying idle at pres ent owing to the fact that European lessees nave given up their leases and are waiting until tiiey can get them again at a low rental.'' ypeakiug of leases, he said that, as always, there was a big inquiry for lease s of small holdings, but tnere were\ isone available under these terms in tlie Waikato, One-man farina were also much in demand.