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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16805, 15 March 1915, Page 11

FOR SALE OR TO LET. ALLAN HOPKINS. A LL A N HOPKINS, JCTIONEEK, HOUSE, LAND, ESTATE STOCK AND STATION AGENT, VALUATOR AND LICENSED LAND BROKER, CHIEF AGENT FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., LTD., CATHEDRAL SQUARE AND HEREFORD' STREET (Next Bank of Now Zealand). CHRISTCHURCH. P.B. Box 635. Telephone 658. Bankers: Bank of New Zealand. GENERAL STORE AND DRAPERY , BUSINESS. IN GOOD LOCALITY. rTTHIS money-making business commands it good position, being situated on a corner section. The turnover fs largo and. tho owner is making a profit in the vicinity of £lO peS week, all cash takings. BUILDING S: Comprise House of ff rooms, with bathroom, soullery, pantry, it. and c. water, gas, plastered and papered, cupboards, picture rails, verandah, stable, trapshed, store room, loose box, banana riponer, aijhalt paths 1 and yards, gardsn and lawn. Stock about £4OO, including Dayton Scales, cash register, bacon and cheese cut. ter. To good mas easy terms can be arranged. Goodwill given in. f ALLAN HOPKINS. TO THE MARKET GARDENER. 5 ACRES of Splendid Black Loam, excellently suited for growing vegetables, I acre in fruit trecß, balance various crops. Buildings consist of House •of 5 washhouse, man’s room, bathroom and basin, h'. and c. water, tiled grates, 2 glasshouse* and frames, cart shed, workshop and fowlhouse. This property is situated about 3 milof from city, and is only a few minutes front car. Owner selling ou account of old ago. Pricl and further particulars on application. ALLAN. HOPKINS. 9A ACRES of First-ciass Dairy and'CropOU ping Land, situated 6 miles front Christchurch, 1 mile l'rcm school end creamery, and J-mile from station. Crops comprise 3 acres potatoes, li acres in mangolds, and carrots. Houbo of 6 rooms, pantry, scull my, dams’, store shed. 10-stallod oorttbyre, -stable, loose box and trap shod. Tho land is well watered by artesians, grows splendid grass, and should easily carry 16 to 20 cows. The owner is working in the city, and would take a city property in exchange. Cali or write for further particulars cf this good opening. M/LAN HOPKINS. rjtHE following are tho jmrticulars of * JL very fine homestead of 150 acres of splendid sheep and cropping land, ■ having the distinction of canying 4 sheep to the acre. There arc ’ 110 ' acres' in crops, comprising 8 acres cf potatoes, 70 acres of wheat, 12 acres cf rape, 12 acres of peas. Tho wheat is a splendid crop, and the owner expects a return of 50. bushels per 'acre. The land is all flat and ha 3 a never-failing supply of water in every paddock. The stock, which the property is carrying, speaks loudly in praise of tho grazing qualities of the land. On the 40 acres aro 200 ewes, which have carried with them 250 lambs up to a week or two ago; also 12 cows and 3 horses. Thers is a comfortable homo of 7 rooms and conveniences; 6-stalled stablo, 8 loose boxes, granary and loft. This desirable property is only 2J mile* from school, post and telegraph office, railway station, and 1J miles front creamery, and 16 miles by road from the city of Christchurch.

The owner, who has two farms, some few miles apart, finds it awicward to farm the two, BO has instructed mo to' sell hiH property immediately- For this reason, he is Trilling to give easy terms to a good man. To an intending purchaser of some 200 acres, thiß holding should not be left uninspected, as it will sell quickly. ALLAN HOPKINS. PROPERTY that will grow wheat and oats in a dry season such as New Zealand has experienced io absolute perfee tion, reaching a height of eft to Sft Gin, that will carry 8 sheep to the acre, beside! crops. Seems a fairy .tale—yet we havt situated in a famous agricultural district a farm comprising GO9 acres of rich litnd which the owner will sell or exchange for a northern proporty suitable for sheep. CROPS. —Consist of 90 acres of splendid wheat, 90 acre 3 oats, 25 acres turnips, 25 acres rape These crops are astonishing, and one would not travel in the hope of seeing better in New Zealand. The Btock which the property has carried, and is carrying now. speaks for itself. There are 1200 ewes, GO wethers, 12 cattle, 12 horses, pigs and poultry, etc. BUILDINGS.-Comprise compact and com.fortablo ■ homestead of 7 rooms, h. and c. water, pantry, scullery, dairy, washhouse; iq fact, everything, 20-stal]ed stables, cowshed, woolshed, sheep yards, etc. The lend is nil -flat and watered by races This handsome property is situated 1$ milef from main read, from station, school, post oft lice, store sale yards, etc. The price asked is very moderate .and tho owner is prepared to give easy terms. ALLAN HOPKINS.

MALING AND COMPANY. LTD. "AUNG AND CO., LIMITEDMERCHANTS. LAND AND ESTATE AGENTS. GLOUCESTER STREET W. SlO ACRES, NORTH CANTERBURY, all la gra 99. watered by never failing streams; 24 mile?, from school. £6 per aore, at * bcEt offer for immediate sale. . 20 ACRES AND A 6-ROOMED HOUSE, in excellent order; two miles from Kartgiora; great prospective value; elaborate fowlhouses, good stables, trap and incubator bouses. Offer wanted. Owner going to the war. Worth any man's inquiry. SMALL DAIRY AND CROPPING FARM. S2J ACRES, G-ROOMED HOUSE, complete outbuildings; good grass paddocks and excellent crops; 5 miles from city. £1650, or near offer, with Easy Terms. A BONNY LITTLE DAIRY AND CROPPING FARM. PERFECTLY WATERED. 16 ACRES. 3 miles out, and a 5-ROOMER COTTAGE, with cow byres; 2 front' ages and a groat prospective value; close to trams. Offers solicited. Hus be sold. 5 ACRES. DALLINGTON, first-class Markel Garden Land; 5-ROOMED . HOUSE* Close to City. £IOSO. W© Specialise in SMALL BLOCKS AND ORCHARD LOTS, that must bring Substantial Profits to tho Buyers of to-day. Inquiries Cheerfully Answered. mat,TNG AND CO.. LIMITED, LAND DEPARTMENT, GLOUCESTER STREET WEST. KING AND STIBBS. OOfZ ACRES, one mile from Borough. —A.O Town, on good metal road, half mile from main road; 150 acres in grass, all ploughablc, 20 acres in turnips, 10 acres shelter bush; about 70 acros oats cut and stacked, which can be bought at valuation. Well subdivided, almost all fiat country, suitable for mixed farming or dairying. One and a half miles from Moa Dairy Factory. House of 7 rooms and outbuildings. Price, £lO per acre; £OOO cash, balance to be arranged. Exceptional circ-umetanocs compel the owner to dispose of this property at the price quoted, which is below the Government valuation of adjoining properties. KING AND STIBBS, £»rr-j ACRES, Richmond Road. 5 rrrije* Oil from railway and town; factory miles. 593 acres in grass, 38 acres in crop, 40 acres in bush; almost alt ploughable, Subdivided into 20 paddocks, wire fences and hedge", watered by running streams. Two buildings, one of seven rooms, and one of five rooms; several-outbuildings. This farm is at present carrying 230 head cattle, 700 sheep, 20 horses, and has been occupied by the present owner eiuce the dayß of virgin bush. It has been well farmed, and is considered ono of the best managed farms in Northern Taranaki, in which province there is assured pros, perity for the genuine settler. Price £l3 (thirteen pounds) per acre. Terms, .£IO3O cash. One Thousand Pounds Ceb’ii; the bud nnee to be arranged by and with >he owner of this desirable property, at 5 per cent. * KING AND STIBBS. 6763 ERlmu. Taranaki.