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AUCTIONS. THE TOWN OF RAUMATI! . RAUMATI! ABOUT THIRTY . CHAINS FROM THE RAILWAY STATION, PARAPARAUMU. . rARAPARAUMU.' ON: THE MAIN; NORTH. TRUNK: LINE OF RAILWAY. TO BE : SOLD BY PUBLIC .AUCTION. . IN THE EXCHANGE LA.ND MART, ; No.' 155, LAMBTON QUAY. : ON-WEDNESDAY,'NOVEMBER 25,: 1908, : ' _ At 7.30 o'clock plm. • m -KENNEDY MACDONALD, LTD., are .* favoured with instructions by tho owners to Sell , by Public Auction, as above — THE TOWN OF RAUMATI! THE TOWN OF RAUMATI! THE TOWN OF RAUMATI! . THE. TOWN OF RAUMATI IS SUBDIVIDED INTO QQ A SECTIONS! QQA OOU SECTIONS! Consisting of— TOWN BUSINESS SECTIONS, from a Quarter-acre upwards. These sections "are nearly all flat, and afford opportunities for the erection of. business premises which will provo extremely valuable to many classes of 1 , traders. * They will be submitted at an exceptionally low upset price, commencing at £10. SUBURBAN : SECTIONS, from One Acre to Four Acres each.These sections are close to the beach, and will make lovely- residential,.-sites, • with a. splendid view of Cook Strait, and Kapiti in tne foreground. SEASIDE TOEIv-END RESIDENTIAL SITES. • These are not less than half an acre each, with 66 feet frontage to the old original coach road., The Scarborough Beach; is oiie of the finest natural sea beaches in the world, composed of hard firm sand, .some ten. chains wide, and extending along the front ,of the town. The whole,ot the sea frontage is beautifully sheltered 'by the historic Island. of Kapiti, • the "Fisherman's Paradise," w here every kind of' Now. Zealand fish can be caught in abundance. Horse-racing, automobile racing, i bicycle' racing, tennis, ' and all athlctic sports ' can bo carried on. with the greatest comfort, while the children will find the beach a perpetual feast of enjoyment. The'former well-known seaside resorts—lsland Bay, Seatoun, . Day's Bay; and others, in and-about Wellington—are really . how. beooming. fashion-, able suburbs. Thoy lack the freedom and careless : '6aso ! which means so mucX.'to'.both adiilts arid children at holiday.times and;.week; ends;- ■ Nothing . can' prevent, the l ,, seaside. sec-. : .tions/of ;; RAUMATI becoming of .value in the near future, as they' are filling; a..direct want'. "A number of houses are to be erected this summer, ■ and Arrangements . ate; being discussed for laying a passenger tramway liile from'-the railway -station at Paraparaumu'.tfl Scarborough Beach, a - distance-of less than one and a half miles, at the terminus of which it is-proposed to erect an up-to-date' Private Hotel. With a view, to making tliii portion of. the town of RAUMATI specially-" attractive to the settlers of Wellington, ;Levin,- Palmerston North, Feilding, Marton, and ; the-Maiia-watu ■ and Ranpitikei Districts, the sections have .been subdivided into half acres so as to encourage building ' and gardening. ;THE TERMS WILL EXTEND UP TO THREE YEARS WITH NO INTEREST. ■ ' : P SMALL FARMS AND DAIRY FARMS, Sec Ztions from Two Acres to Sixty-three Acres each. ■' -The town of RAUMATI is situated practically/alongside- tho-Paraparaumu Railway Station, which is distant , only: thirty-three miles from the City'of Wellington on.the.Main North Trunk Line of Railway/between.Wellington and AucklShd-; and' now that the Government-have purchased :the Manawatu Railway settlers will enjoy fai) greater facilities inr-tbe tra'psit ■of passenger and goods to and from Wellington;,. ' The 'town of RAUMATI enjoys one of the most-delightful climates in New Zealand, in the winter it being almost semi-tropical in its mildness and' freedom from wind and rough weather. ''//.'. ' - ; The land round and about the town of RAUMATI' will be found to consist of some of the RICHEST SOIL in-New Zealand, and'cannot .be surpassed • for the rapid growth of every variety-of orchard fruits, grapes/tomatoes, and market' garden - produce, while beekeepers and poultry farmers-will' find a fortune lying ready to their hands in connection with the careful development • of these two great home ' industries.. '. ■' : The town'of RAUMATI can-produce, to its owners a competence out of one acre of ground, and there is no part of New Zealand that affords a finer prospect to the small industrious settler. The advantage' of close- cultivation in similar'land is-well set out-in the recent story 'of an/American, which can be ; repeated; in the future experience of a - hundred working, men in RAUMATI. The story is fully detailed on the Lithographic Plans issued, ' headed "A Working Man's . Experiences on One Acre." '.'Tho terms' of sale will be found most:liberal and attractive to intending purchasers :-tOn Town and Business Sections—Deposit £2 10s.' per section. • - ■ On Seaside Sections—Deposit £5 per section. On Suburban Sections—Deposit £5 per section. Instalments in sums of from .£2 10s.-to £5 per section to b? paid every six months. No " interest will be charged for three years from .date of purchase. On Small Farms-Deposit 10 per cent.; 10 per cent, in six months; 10.'per cent, in twelve months. The balance ,of unpaid purchase money can remain-for five years from date of purchase. Interest on- all unpaid purchase money .5, percent, per annum. Lithographic Plans can be obtained on application to. the Auctioneers,' or will be posted to 1 any address. ■ ; Remember," therefore, the GREAT. SALE of RAUMATI! RAUMATI! RAUMATI! RAUMATI! WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. T. KENNEDY MACDONALD, LTD., ' Auctioneers. 7561 WE HAVE THE EARTH FOR CALE. COME AND SEE THIS, ' 6PLENDID SHEEP AND CATT LB COUNTRY. . fAAA ACRES, Native lease for 50 years, OUUU 9d. per acre reut. Land ia level *nd undulating, with loiprovoinent will carrj 2i theep per acre, beside* cattle. Ail land, PRICE, 15s. PER ACRE, GOODWILL . Write »t one* to R. HARRIS, LAND AND COMMISSION AGENT. 11ASTEETON. Nomersus other Propertiea for Sale it Ex•hue*- CirUcouxa on apclioatlon. CBOI

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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 336, 24 October 1908, Page 16

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Page 16 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 336, 24 October 1908, Page 16

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