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| Thread ID: 139397 | 2015-04-26 22:55:00 | Auckland History -Interesting facts | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 1399370 | 2015-04-26 22:55:00 | Auckland has a very early history of prime real estate prices. Soon after founding the town, the government got to work subdividing land for sale. This attracted land jobbers (some might say 'sharks') from all over New Zealand and Australia. Demand outstripped supply and record prices in the British Empire were reached for land in Auckland. Some estimates are of an average of £600/acre, outstripping Governor Sir William Hobson's ambitious aim of £100/acre. The price of land in this fledgling colony equalled that of land just outside of London or Liverpool. By some accounts there were up to 800 buyers for only 119 allotments. Some buyers bought, subdivided, and resold for profit within the same day. www.aucklandnz.com (I was looking stuff up as I watched that new drama last night - the WWI one based on people in Auckland....seeing what shops existed etc) |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1399371 | 2015-04-27 00:16:00 | . . . the government got to work . . . Tsk tsk . That phrase uses two mutually exclusive terms . About the nearest governments come to making something "work" is by declaring war, or providing raw material for comedians when they are temporarily out of the war business . (Note: it can be argued that "giving the taxpayers the works" is their contribution . ) |
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| 1399372 | 2015-04-27 00:22:00 | pctek...I started to watch that program last night but had to give away. I got lost trying to follow the plot. PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1399373 | 2015-04-27 03:34:00 | pctek...I started to watch that program last night but had to give away. I got lost trying to follow the plot. PJ There was a plot? |
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| 1399374 | 2015-04-27 04:27:00 | pctek...I started to watch that program last night but had to give away. I got lost trying to follow the plot. PJ Yes it was disappointing. The Anzac nurses one was far better. |
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| 1399375 | 2015-04-27 05:11:00 | It was just make believe the maoris didnt fight in WW1 | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1399376 | 2015-04-27 05:53:00 | What? They stopped for the whole 4 years? ;) |
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