GORDON SPECIAL SETTLEMENT.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 169, 11 September 1886, Page 3

GORDON SPECIAL SETTLEMENT.

Arnft much dissapointment at the length of time occupied in having the surrey carried out and the plan of the settlement forwarded ; the members of the abore settlement are at last in a fairway towards taking possession of their regpecti re allotments. In accordance with the announcement by advertisement which appeared in the News, the drawing of allotments came off in the Waiorongomai Public Hall, on Saturday last. On the occasion nearly all members were present, as well as ' many othei local residents, as the success of the settlement is a matter of special interest to the district generally. Mr B. Montague, chairman of the committee in connection with association, presided on the occasion, and made known the arrangements under which

the drawing would be carried out. The survey made, not admitting oi the apportioning of sections exactly as had been intended, it had been arranged that the sections over 100 acres should be given to those* who had applied for 150 acre lots ; sections of 50 acres to 100 acres to those who had applied for 100 acre lots, etc. The following aoted as scrutineers, Messrs Mills, Gillies, Smith, and Ferguson, and the drawing resulted as follows :— -Block VII, Section 16, 150 a. Or. Op., MW. D. O'Keefe ;. section 17, 158 a. lr 22p., M. Robertson ,- section 18, 88a 3r 31p., D. Me Leod ; section 19, 78a 3r 35p., James ! West j section 20, 100 a 2r 0p. } Thos. Kirker ; section 21, 150 a Or Op., ,S. T. Smardon 5 section 22, 43a lr op. ; Thos. Robinson ; section 23, 142 a 3r 3Gp., James Orr ; section 2 '*, 109 a Or Op., R. Gilfillan ; section 25, 66a 2r Op., Jno. McLeod ; section 55a, 25a 2r 80p., Thos. Scott. Block X, Section 1, 101 a 3r 26p., B. Montague ; section 2, 85a 2r 10p., Ed. Burton : section 3, 60a Or Op., P. Buchan ; section 4, 100 a Or Op, J. R. Stanley ; sections 5 and sa, 97a lr 38p., Geo. Beeson ; section 6, 102 a. 2r 22p., A. Baskett ; section 88 9 a Or 32p., Donald Munro ; section 8, 150 a Or Op., Thos. Gavin ; section 9, 144 a Or o^., Win. Brombay ; section 10, 77a Or Op., Jno. Carroll. Block XI, Sec*lon 1, 118 a., Jas. Munro ; section ?. 103 a, T. Donovan ; section 3, 105 a, Jas. Morton ; s tion 4, 103 a, Edmond Cookson ; section 5, 99a 3r, McLeod ; section 6, 101 a 2r, C. Murphy ; section 7, 96a 2r, A. Forsman ; section 8, 106 a lr, George Gapes ; section 9, 46a lr, Robert Michael Of course one or two parties are discontented with the sections they have got, button the whole, we believe the drawing gave satisfaction. The third call of 3d per acre, towards the cost of survey, recently made, and amounting to £45 was lodged in the ! Bank of New Zealand, Te Aroha, on Wednesday last.