Old Times: An Unique Illustrated History of the Early Days, Volume 1, Issue 3Commercial Publishing Company, 1903 - Australia |
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Page 163
... Land Bills intro- duced into the Legislative Assembly by Sir John Robertson , contained important alterations in the land laws , and , as the Legislative Council was mainly composed of squatters , who naturally resented any interference ...
... Land Bills intro- duced into the Legislative Assembly by Sir John Robertson , contained important alterations in the land laws , and , as the Legislative Council was mainly composed of squatters , who naturally resented any interference ...
Page 170
... land transaction . Went- worth , and a few of his friends cla med ten million acres of land in the South Island of New Zealand , and two hun- dred thousand acres in the North . For these immense tracts of country they paid £ 200 each ...
... land transaction . Went- worth , and a few of his friends cla med ten million acres of land in the South Island of New Zealand , and two hun- dred thousand acres in the North . For these immense tracts of country they paid £ 200 each ...
Page 180
... land answerable , but the Govern- ment , both Executive and Imperial , have made the payment of the interest a charge upon the lands of the colony for ever . He must be a stickler , in- deed , who refuses such security . " The whole of ...
... land answerable , but the Govern- ment , both Executive and Imperial , have made the payment of the interest a charge upon the lands of the colony for ever . He must be a stickler , in- deed , who refuses such security . " The whole of ...
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