NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE
SOLDIER SETTLEMENTS
OMANA, ARDKEEN, OHUKA, WAIAU, MANGAHOPAI, TARAMARAMA, MOEANGIANGI - WAIROA DISTRICT, HAWKES BAY
To give returning soldiers a new start after the First World War the New Zealand Government made purchases of land under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1916.
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15239, 11 June 1920, Page 3 LAND BALLOT. (Per Press Association.) WAIROA, this day. A ballot for Omana, Ardkeen and Ohuka soldiers settlements took place this morning in Everybody's Theatre. There was a large attendance of soldiers present to witness the ballot, the marbles being drawn by Mr Marsh, Crown Lands Commissioner. Messrs Farquhar and McRae acted as scrutineers on behalf of the soldiers.
| WATT | H V | Manutuke | Section 1 | 60 acres |
| STEEL | G S B | Gisborne | Section 2 | 74 acres |
| FAULKNER | W D | Ngatapa | Section 3 | 75 acres |
| BEGLEY | J T | Hastings | Section 4 | 77 acres |
| MILDON | L W | Mokotutu | Section 5 | 76 acres |
| SULLIVAN | P O | Taumarunui | Section 6 | 117 acres |
| YOUNG | F H | Otane | Section 7 | 120 acres |
| EGAR | J | Napier | Section 8 | 232 acres |
| GILMORE | R | Kahukura | Section 9 | 81 acres |
| MATSON | P J | Terehanga | Section 1 | 811 acres |
| MEAGHER | F P | Dannevirke | Section 2 | 580 acres |
| MEAGHER | J R | Dannevirke | Section 3 | 631 acres |
| ROBERTSON | D H | Manutuke | Section 4 | 751 acres |
| O'KANE | P J | Waitara, Taranaki | Section 5 | 757 acres |
| JACKSON | C F | Wairoa | Section 6 | 617 acres |
| McLEAN | J C | Dannevirke | Section 7 | 525 acres |
| MALONE | M P | Stratford | Section 8 | 581 acres |
| TOLME | J | Frasertown | Section 9 | 619 acres |
| MACKAY | W J | Gisborne | Section 10 | 765 acres |
| OWEN | J J | Tolaga Bay | Section 11 | 684 acres |
| PRESTON | R W | Manutuke | Section 12 | 542 acres |
| CARSON | W | Waipawa | Section 13 | 555 acres |
| McKEAGEN | C W | Christchurch | Section 14 | 548 acres |
| SPOONER | G E | Gisborne | Section 15 | 628 acres |
| CLIFTON | E C | Waipukurau | Section 16 | 466 acres |
| ANDREW | M | Wairoa | Section 17 | 558 acres |
| BIRRELL | O G | Gisborne | Section 18 (including the homestead) | 647 acres |
| KNOX | J N | Dannevirke | Section 1 | 911 acres |
| ADDIS | T H | Tikokino | Section 2 | 386 acres |
| - | - | - | Section 3 (Homestead block), withdrawn | 846 acres |
| McRAE | M A | Section 4 | 1217 acres | |
| BOYLE | J | Wairoa | Section 5 | 826 acres |
| MAYO | E R | Wairoa | Section 6 | 965 acres |
| WOODS | D | Hastings | Section 8 | 1368 acres |
| McGURK | J T | Hastings | Section 9 | 726 acres |
| BUTTRICK | F R | Napier | Section 10 | 684 acres |
| SOMERVILLE | T P | Hastings | Section 11 | 966 acres |
| HENSON | J G | Tiniroto | Section 12 | 593 acres |
| KNOWLES | T | Frasertown | Section 13 | 946 acres |
| EBBET | L H | Hastings | Section 14 | 1303 acres |
| - | - | - | Sections 15 and 16 | No accepted applicants |
| OLDFIELD | A J | Masterton | Section 17 | 693 acres |
| McDONALD | D J | Frasertown | Section 18 | 1202 acres |
Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16862, 16 June 1920, Page 6
Mr W H Nicoll [sic], of the Ashburton branch of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., has been successful in his application for a 600 acre block in the Ardkeen soldier settlement, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. This section was first drawn by Mr C. W. McKeegan, of Christchurch, who was successful at the Waitohi Peaks ballot.
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15243, 16 June 1920, Page 6
LAND FOR SOLDIERS. In connection with the recent ballot of the sections in the Ardkeen, Omana and Ohuka settlements, the appended list of men drew second marble and have the opportunity to take over the property if the person who was successful withdraws (those whose district is not mentioned are outside men, while a number of those appearing below secured a section in an ultimate ballot). The list is as follows:
| OMANA Section 1 | BLUCK | R | Nuhaka |
| 2 | WEEKS | P T | Gisborne |
| 3 | YOUNG | J | |
| 4 | LEE | A | Napier |
| 5 | REES | F | Blackburn |
| 6 | GRIFFITHS | A H | Havelock North |
| 7 | BOYD | W | Morere |
| 8 | BLUCK | R | Nuhaka |
| 9 | HICKSON | A S | Hastings |
| OHUKA Section 1 | McRAE | M A | Otane |
| 2 | LITTLE | G | Takapau |
| 4 | SHARP | T W | Hastings |
| 5 | RICHMOND | A | Te Karaka |
| 6 | BARTLETT | W | Morere |
| 8 | BUTTRICK | Hastings | |
| 9 | BARTLETT | W | Morere |
| 11 | RONANYE | Pakipaki | |
| 12 | KNOWLES | G | |
| 13 | McDONALD | D J | |
| 14 | KERR | J W | Dunedin |
| ARDKEEN Section 1 | McLEAN | J C | |
| 2 | O'KANE | P J | |
| 3 | ROBERTSON | W | Manutuke |
| 4 | McLEAN | J C | |
| 5 | WESTON | A | Pahiatua |
| 6 | McLEAN | J C | |
| 7 | SPOONER | G | Ngatapa |
| 8 | ROBERTSON | W | Manutuke |
| 9 | DAHM | G | Nuhaka |
| 10 | ANDERSON | R L | Sydenham |
| 11 | SPOONER | G | Ngatapa |
| 12 | BIRRELL | O G | Gisborne |
| 13 | McKAY | W G | Ormond |
| 14 | NICOL | W H | Ashburton |
| 15 | PALMER | J | Hastings |
| 16 | DAHM | G | Nuhaka |
| 17 | McDONALD | D J | |
| 18 | McCLINTOCK | D | Christchurch |
Hastings Standard, Volume X, Issue 37, 27 January 1920, Page 3
LAND BALLOT. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. The following were successful applicants at the land ballot held yesterday in the Crown Lands Office, Napier:
| WAIAU | BALLARD | A L | 1128 acres | Section 2, block XVIII |
| SUTHERLAND | A | 1078 acres | Section 2, block XXIV | |
| MATHESON | S F | 1283 acres | Section 1, block XXIV | |
| WHEELER | E G | 1896 acres | Section 1, block XXII., and section 3, block XVIII | |
| MANGAHOPAI | GEANGE | T | 2039 acres | Section 1, block XII |
| BROWN | W B | 2856 acres | Section 1, block XVII | |
| TARAMARAMA | TOMLINSON | C V | 753 acres | Sections 6 and 7, block IX., and 6 block XIII |
| BASSETT | E | 748 acres | Section 3, block XIII | |
| HEMMING | R P | 670 acres | Section 4 and 5, block XIII |
Hastings Standard, Volume IX, Issue 3, 14 December 1918, Page 5
SOLDIERS' LAND BALLOT. The returned soldiers ballot for land in the Arapawanui block, held at the H.B. Land Board meeting yesterday, resulted as follows: - There are still three sections in the Arapawanui block open for selection.
| MOEANGIANGI | BAIN | David | 529 acres | Section 1, block XIII |
| HILDYARD | Sydney Harcourt | 572 acres | Section 2, block XIII | |
| TURNBULL | Herbert Andrew Dunn | 501 acres | Section 3, block XIII | |
| WILKIE | Frederick Kraeft | 523 acres | Section 4, block XIII | |
| CARTER | James E F | 1246 acres | Section 5, block I |
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