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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 298, 14 May 1889, Page 2

The “ coming dawn ” ie a phrase which now appears to ba having practical illustration every week. Many enquiries are being made in Gisborne as to land that is available for settlement and the subjoined extract from the Auckland Star is a further proof of what may be expected in the future Australian farmers and others interested in the country lands are now devoting much attention to New Zealand, and most satisfactory reports have been made by those who visited this part of the colony in search of property. One large property has just changed hands through theagenoy of Mr J. A. Connell, who reports having leased, on behalf of Mr W Aitken, the Waitoa estate, 7,496 acres in extent, near Morrinsville, Waikato, to Mr John D. Adams, lately of St. Enoch's, near Ballarat, Victoria, at a rental of £6OO per annum, with right to purchase at the end of two years, which right Mr Adams has the full intention of exercising. Mr Adams is a native of Victoria and a practical sheep farmer, who has been attracted to New Zealand by the many advant Iges which this colony affords to the practical grazier. He came here with letters of introduction to Mr J. A. Connell, being in search of suitable prop rty, and he has now returned to Victoria well satisfied with his bargain, for the purpose of winding up his affairs, and returning to Auckland with his family about the end of the year. Mr Adams was very much pleased with the land which he inspected here, and this is. all the more pleasing to note because we understand there are a number of other wealthy men in Australia, who will be a good deal inffuenoed by his report on tho colony, and probably may tako up other large areas for farming operations,