GROUP SETTLEMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 104, 4 May 1934, Page 5

GROUP SETTLEMENT

OLD FLOCK HOUSE BOYS LAND NEAR TE AWAMLTU THRIFTY YOUTHS’ ENTERPRISE. I Per Press Association. ) PALMERSTON N., May 3. The trustees of Flock House an r.ouncc the purchase from Dr. IL Gribbcn, of Hamilton, of Panetapi station, an area of 2316 acres o improved land, 18 miles south-cas of Te Awamutu. The purchase hat been made by a selected group of 21 young men, all old Flock House boys, who have been in farm and station employment in New Zealand for a number of years, and have individually saved from their wages sums sufficient to enable them with the trustees’ assistance to make a start on the land lor themselves. The young men will take delivery of the land and stock on Jure 1 and will proceed to subdivide the property into 20 or more farms, of which the greater number will be ready for individual occupation within twelve months. The land is described as easy and of excellent quality. The trustees advise that the property was acquired at a most reasonable price, based on present market conditions for produce. They intend to stand behind the new settlers till they are on their feet and they have no doubt whatever that the settlement will be most successful. This development will increase the number of old Flock House boys who hrve been enabled by hard work and thrift to make a successful start on the land to over fifty. It is most probable that the trustees will promote further similar group settlements, af others of their young men arrive a: the same stage as the present selected group-