PORO PORO SETTLEMENT.
YESTERDAY'S BALLOT.
Th<, ballot for sections in tho Poro Foro Settlement, about sixteen rnileß from Masfcfttori, which was recently acquired by the Government from Messrs A. J. Stone-Wigg and Beetham, took placo in tho Masterton Courthouse yesterday afternoon. The total area of tho block offered was 9,390 acres, cut up into seventeen scct\ous, ranging in area from 217 acres to 1850 acres. There \yere in 'all 197 applications. The ballot was conducted by Mr T. N. Brodriek, Commissioner of Crown Lands, in the presence of Messrs H. T. Effingham, J. Dawson, and J. Georgetti, members of the Land Board. Mr Carrick acted as scrutineer. Tho result of the ballot was as follows:
OTAIIUAO SURVEY DISTRICT. Section 1, Block XV. 320 acres (thirty applicants)— Mrs H. E. Renal! (Carterton). Section 2. Block XV, 271 acres, 1 rood (twenty-eight applicants)— Mrs Sarah Johnston (Hastings). Section 3, Block XV, 482 acres, 2 roods (one applicant)— Harold Skeet, Greytown. Section -8, Block XV, 401 acres (twenty-nine applicants)—P. C. Taylor, Pahiatua. ■• . Section 9, Block XV, 315 acres. 2 roods (seventeen applicoYiis)—T. M. Glover, Longbush. Section 10, Block XV. 734 acres, 2 roods (four applicants)— Mrs K. Buckeridgp- (Masterton). Section 11. Block- XV, 217 acres (thirty applicants')— Andrew Geddes (Palmerston North "). Section 13, Block XV, .539 acres, 1 rood (fourteen 'applicants)" - Mi.-s J. Darroch (Christchurch). Section 14, Block XV, 581 acres (tAvo applicants)—' J. G. Donovan • (Martinborough). Section 1, -Block XVI, -243 acres, 2 , roods (two applicants)—M. Blundell (Hastings). _
WAINUrORU SURVEY DISTRICT. Section 1, Block 111, 548 aeics. (nine applicants)— A. B. Theobald (Martinborough). Section 2< Block Til. 1508 acres Vthreo applicants)—H. Simpson (Te Wharau). Section 1. Block JV, 1127 acres. 2 roods (three applicanfej; Charles Gibson (Kororau). Section 2, Block IV. 18-30 acres (one applicant'—Frank C. Burling (We/tern Lake).
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19140306.2.29
Bibliographic details
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 March 1914, Page 5
Word Count
297PORO PORO SETTLEMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 March 1914, Page 5
Using This Item
National Media Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of National Media Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.