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TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. At 7*30 o'clock. THE TOWN OF - RAUMATI ! RAUMATI ! - "SUNNY SKIES." "SUNNY SKIES." ABOUT THIRTY CHAINS FROM THE RAILWAY STATION, PARAPARAUMU. PARAPARAUMU. ON THE MAIN NORTH TRUNK LINE OF RAILWAY. TO BE SOLD,,BY PUBLIC AUCTION .IN" THE .EXCHANGE LAND MART, _:.__■ No.' 155, " r/AMBTOX-QUAY, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, 25th NOV., 1900, At 7.30 o'clock p.m. T- KENNEDY MA6QDONALD, LTD., • aro. favoured 'with instructions by the owners to sell- by- publio- auction, as above— THE TOWN OF RAUMATI! ■ THE TOWN OF RAUMATI! THE TOWN OF RAUMATI! - ' rTHE TOWN OF RAUMATI IS SUBDIVIDED JNTO QQA " ' SECTIONS! QQA OO V SECTIONS!, , «'OV Consisting of — TOWN BUSINESS SECTIONS, from a Quarter-acre upwards. Th^'se flections aro nearlj' all flat, and afford opportunities for the erection of business •• -premises --which will prove extremely valuable to many classes, of traders. ' They will bfrsubmittedTit -an exceptionally low upset prfceY commencing at £10. SUBURBAN SECTIONS, from One Acre " to Fcur Acres eaoli. Theso sections are- close ,to' the beach, and will make lovely residential sites, with .a. splendid -view of Cook' Strait and Rapiti in the foreground." SEASIDE WEEK-END " RESIDENTIAL SITES. ~Tbes,e, are. .noi. legs than half an acre each, with 66 feet frontage to the old original couch. >.Oijtd.~ The Scarborough Beach is one -of the- finest natural- sea~ beaches in thc.,iKorlcr,~rcbnipqsedJof "Hard firm sand, somn -ten chains wide, and extending along tha front of the town. Tho whole of the ae* frontage is "beautifully sheltered by the historic Island oLKapiti, the "Fisherman' b Paradise," where every kind of New Zealand fiih can be caught in abundance. Horse-racing, automobilo racing, bicj'cle racing, tonnis, - and all athletic sports can be carried on -with the greatest comfort, whilo the tjhildron will find tha beach a perpetual feast of enjoyment. The former weil-known seaside resorts — Island Bay, Seatoun, Day's Bay, and others in and about Wellington— are really now becoming fashionable suburbs. They lack the freedom and careless ease which means so muoh to both adults and children at holiUor times and week ends. Nothing can prevent the seaeids ssctions of RAUMATI becoming of great value in tho near future, as they aro filling a direct want. A number of houseH are to bo erected this summer, and arrangements are being discussed for laying a passenger tramway line from tho railway station at Paraparaumu to Scarborough Beach, a, distance of less than one aiid.-'-a half miles, at tho terminus of whjch_ifcjs. proposed to erect an up-to-date Private Hotel. With a view to making thifT/pprtii6ii*Qi: the. town of RAUMATI specially attractive to tho settlers- of Wellington, Levin, Palmerston North, Foilding;, Marton, andfthe Manawatu and Rangitikei_ Districts, " "the < sections have been subdivided into half 'acres so as to encourago . building and • gardening. THE TERMS WILL EXTEND UP TO THREEYEARS WITH NO INTEREST. SMALL FARMS AND DAIRY FARMS, Sections from Two" Acres to Sixty-three Acres each. • • ■» ■ ■ # The town of RAUMATI is situated practically alongside tho. Parapara\imu Railway Station, which iv distant only thirty-three mile} from the City of Wellington on the Mnin North Trunk Line of Railway between Wellington and Auckland ; and now 'that "tho' Government havo "purchased the Manawatu Railway settlers- will enjoy far greater facilities in tho transit of passengers and goods to and from Wellington. Tho town of. RAUMATI enjoys one of thq mo3t delightful 'climates in New Zealand, •in _ tho _ winter^ it being almost Bemi-tropical in iti mildness and freedom from wind and rough; weather. The land round and about tho town of EAUMATI will be found to consist of soma of the RICHEST SOIL in New ' Zealand^ and 'cannot 'be surpassed for the rapid growth of every variety of orobard'fruiti, grapes', tomatoes," and market garden produce, while beekeepers and poultry" farmers" .will find a fortune lying ready to their bunds ia connection with tho careful development of theso two great homo industries. ' • The town of RAUMATI can produce to its owners .a. competence out of one acre of ground^ and thero is no part of New Zealand that affords^ a finer prospect to the jimall industrious settlor. The advantage of close cultivation in similar land is well setout.in. the recent story of an American, which can be repented in the future cxpe ( rionco .o"£ 'a' hundred working men 'in RAUMATI. Tho story is fully detailed on the Lithographic Plans issued, headed A Railway Man's Experience on a OneAcre .Section.". Tho terms of sale will be found most liberal and attractive to intending pur--ohaaers : — On Town and -Business Sections— Deposit £2 10s per section. On Seaside Sections— Deposit £5 per seotion. On Suburban Sections — Deposit £5 per section. Instalments in sums of from £2 10s to £5 per section to bo paid every six months. No interest will be charged for three years from dato of purchase. .On Small Farms—Deposit 10 per cent ; 10 per cent, in six months; 10 per cent, in twelve" months. Tho balance of unpaid purchase money can remain for five years from dato of purchase. Interest on all unpaid Rurchaso money . 5 per cent, per annum. Lithographic Plans, containing full details and an interesting article headed "A Railway Man's Experiences on a One-acre Section," can bo obtained on application to the Auctioneers, or will be posted to any tddress. Remember, therefore, the GREAT SALE of RAUMATI ! RAUMATI ! RAUMATI! RAUMATI! WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 25th NOV. WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 25th NOV. T. KENNEDY MACDONALD, LTD., Auctioneers.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 125, 25 November 1908, Page 12
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