51.   He bought up huge tracts around Perth, carved it up and sold at handsome profits when values were starting to escalate in a post-war housing boom.

52.   Housing Minister says the huge tract of land will be seized as the first stage of a major construction plan.

53.   However, angry farmers voted Tuesday to seek compensation from the NSW government or sue the National Wildlife and Parks Service for fires which destroyed huge tracts of farmland.

54.   Israel will soon confiscate a huge tract of land in east Jerusalem despite bitter Arab protests over recent expropriations, Housing Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer said.