GROVETOWN LAND.
SOLD AT RECORD PRICES. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report that at the Central Auction Mar^; to-day they offered a block of rich agricultural land near Grovetown, comprising 20 acres, on account of the executors of the late A. Herd. There was a large attendance of buyers, and keen interest was taken in the sale. After spirited competition the following sales were made:—
Block 1, 3ac, 2ro. 31per., £101 per acre, to Mr D. Cameron, Grovetown. Block 2, Sac. 2ro. 14per. 3 £96 per acre, to Mr A. Herd, jun., Grovetown.
Block 3, llac. 3ro. 6per., £105 per acre, to Mrs A. Craven, Grovetown. There prices constitute a record for agricultural land in Marlborough, and give evidence of the faith of local residents in the fertility of the soil.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 103, 2 May 1908, Page 5
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131GROVETOWN LAND. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 103, 2 May 1908, Page 5
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