LAND DEVELOPMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 148, 25 June 1931, Page 9

LAND DEVELOPMENT

GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSALS BIG PROPERTIES INVOLVED Particulars of further land develop ment work the Government proposes to carry out were given by the Minister of Lands, Hon. E. A. Ransom, in Wei lington last week, on his return from a tour of the Wairarapa. Hawke’s Bay was to be the centre of considerable development, work, the Minister said. 'renders were being called for scrub-cutting and bush fell iug on about 2700 acres of Crown land in the Mohaka area, south of Wairoa. and on about 2000 acres at Kotemaori. 43 miles north of Napier. It was expected that work would be provided for about 100 men, as numerous contracts would be let. The areas would be ploughed, fenced and subdivided when the preliminary clearing had been done, and they would then be opened for selection. Finance for tho work was being found from the lands develop ment fund. Further large ureas would be cut up as soon as the plans and specifications could be completed. These included a block of 38,000 acres at Kotemaori and Kakariki, on the. East Coast, and these would ultimately be brought into full production. In addition, an area ot about 3000 acres, 14 miles from Otorohanga, would be cut up in the near future. A total of about 13,000 acres at Maerangi, near Kawhia. was under consideration for subdivision and settlement purposes. The construction of eight miles and a-half of reading would bo involved in this work, and this would provide a direct route from Frankton to Kawhia. A fully developed block of 210 U acres at I’oukawa, near To Ante, had been acquired. This was said to be among the finest land in Hawke’s Bay, and it would be cut into nine sections, six for dairying purposes and three for sheep farming. The block would not bo thrown open for about a month, although the plans would be ready within a few days. Tho Minister added that he inspected a property of 395 acres at Knsitca last Friday, and his recommendations tun periling it would be considered ly the ! Dominion Land Purchase Board.