WAIRARAPA'S SHOWCROUND.
: < ; - 1 RAPID ' INCREASE. IN. VALUE! . 1 Tho Wairarapa A. and .P. Association's showgrounds at, ( Carterton have.been:valued; at • £5520, an increaso• of. £1000-, during/ the ;past twelve, months. .-i' .■:.■/ | ~ The; .values of-: showgrounds is • 'becoming an interesting subject in these days, in view !of -the 'tendency, to sell out and buy a bigger, cheaper; plot "farther out..'' ■ • Tho y,tendency has already , shown itself; markedly at :Mas■terteii, where; .the ..Solway,,Estate is; the proposed .new , property. At Carterton there is,the. additional .element of. intorestrthat an 'amalgamation, with; Masterton .is, : . repeatedly proposed,. ;In comparison with' the huge increase of value of the Ma6tertoii showground, : the,; increase attributed. to,; the ; Carterton ground, substantial 'as it,.isj; is relatively small.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 2
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115WAIRARAPA'S SHOWCROUND. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 2
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