Volume 60: William Campbell letters, 1846-1894: No. 274

You are here

Transcription

[Page 274]

price below a fair value as it would create a host of Land jobbers and also land sharks who would crop up at every auction sale by the dozen to be bought off from competition - this system originated in Victoria, where buyers have paid as much as several thousand pounds to buy these land harpies off in a day.  A fair value would not give room for such disgraceful work, besides why should land that is saleable at 10/ and 15/ an acre be thrown away at 5/- for my own part I would sooner in common with my fellow Squatters pay the state 10/ an acre, than pay 6/ an acre through a land shark.

Mrs. Campbell joins me in offering our best regards to Mrs. Macarthur, Mrs. Onslow, and Capt. Onslow and yourself.

Yours very sincerely

W. Campbell

This page has its status set to Completed and is no longer transcribable.