Estate For Closer Settlement
Generous Donors It has been announced by Mr D. V. Bryant that anonymous donors have given several thousands of pounds for the purchase of an estate of 1430 acres in the Te Awamutu district, Although the donation is dis» tinctly for the Waikato Land Settlement Society, it is made with‘the object of encouraging the ideals expressed in Mr Bryant’s immigration t-cheme, a re* Terence to which appears under separate headings. Garrying. 1500 breeding ewes in addition to other sheep and cattle, the new estate will become the society’s property on June 25. Half is grassed, the remainder being easily workable and ideal for closer settlement. The society’s directors intend to treat the property differently from other blocks now under development. The estate will be subdivided into farms of approximately 120 acres, eaoh man to receive eight or ten cows, enabling him to maintain a number of pigs. Settlers will also receive several hundred breeding ewes for producing fat lambs.
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Te Puke Times, 15 June 1934, Page 2
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163Estate For Closer Settlement Te Puke Times, 15 June 1934, Page 2
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