Land for Settlement.
Chbistcjhurch, March 7. Mr Seddon at Gulverden -yesterday stated /that the Government hadbought 3l,ooo : acres, pf the Highfield Estate,. North Canterbury, a t a -price well withiii. the valuer's price., _The. purcb-ase^ad-giveii^ general satisfaction, and the estate would be cut 'iip and offered for settlement a* goon a & "* ■'" J " ■• f
possible. Some time - ago the Par- 1 ' nassus Estate, north of the Wairau ' river, was offered to the Government. Mrl. Seddon had already seen the egtate from the Cheviot side, but on .Wepnesday he drove through from |;he;Mendip Hills to, Wairau, and saw the-.bhck of. the estate. He liked the iand much better on the Mendip side thajn he did oh the Cheviot side. It .contained good country, and probably the Government might purchase the land. .... I n r.r _r_i_m_„ w— — — &_. ■____—_ ■_____________—__■__,
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Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10661, 9 March 1903, Page 4
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134Land for Settlement. Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10661, 9 March 1903, Page 4
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