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Auctioneers and Land Agents McLAUCHLAN AND CO., KfiilL JbSl Al I* AuJuwla. Cheap Sections and Fhfius in all localities, BUY TO-DAY 1 BEFOKE IT IH TOO. LATE I Within Twelve Months the Town of Blenheim Will be the most prosperous in the Dominion. It is now a certainty that all large estates are to be opened at once, thus trebling Marlborough's population and exports. The burning question in Parliament is Closer Settlement, and the province of Marlborough is frequently referred to, as it has four times the area of land per head of population t« any province in the Dominion, and in reply to the Member for Wairau's strong appeal for fair treatment, the Hon. Mr Russell pointed out that in spite of all opposition Marlborough's need1 of closer settlement must be attended to at once; thus there will soon be 4§o families settled in the Wairaii Valley who will spend their money in Blenheim, so Buy a Sectfoo anywhere you like in the town; it must soon double in value, and be- i sides forces you to save moneys £5 down and £5 off every six months will secure one, and £15 deposit will secure you a new house and good section. The terms are «asy, and the price is yet very cheap. The Dairying Industry has come to stay, as over. 3009 acres will be sown in lucerne'this year. At present there are only 7000 cows in Marlborough, but in three years there will be 30,000, as this year a large number are to be imported: from Taranaki, which has 148,000, though the latter district has a climate not nearly as good' as Marlborough. At Ward Settlement one settler grew this year 53 sacks of lucerne seed off 23 acres, worth £1® per sack, or equal to a return »f £29 per acre, apart from grazing. This seed alone, which was sold locally, will sow ia that settlement 880 acres. Dairy Farms at Tua Malta 50 Acres close to Dairy Factory and Creamery, two frontages, capable of great improvement equal to £80 per acre. Land in Taranaki can be bought for £50 per acre to-day. 20-acre blocks and 18-acre blocks in the same locality, on very easy terms. You will be,wise to secure one before it is too. late, as land in this locality is very '. seldom offered', and never again at to-day's price. Springlands Acre lots close to the school at £125 each. Close by acres are selling at £300 cash. Farnham Suburb is the most prosperous en the plain, rich soil, good houses, close >tb town, where land will shortly double in value. # A few half-acres and acres ara still obtainable. The Harbor Board by dredging the riven* will do more to free the town,from floods than one ca»i estimate^ and at the same time make Blenheim an important pert for 300-toi! boats, as the district Las the best bar river in the Dominion. Intense Culture and Closer Settlement is going to make Blenheim the largest ana wealthiest inland town in the Dominion. , , Ths Water and 0 mage money to be spent, together with the unequalled climate, will make Blenheim the healthiest in the Dominion. Everything is Coming at once. A new Post Office, Opawa, Wairaii, and Taylor Rivers to be bridged. Water and Drainage. South Island Main Trunk, etc. All these works are authorised. Then there is half a million acres of land to be settled. The line to go up the Wairau Valley, which will put the South Island Main Trunk in the background as revenueproducing. Dairying, lucerne growing, and fruit-growing. Everyone* of these spell a large population and untold gold, vhich means prosperity and more prosperity. BUY TO-DAY! SAVE YOUR MONET anJ bo ready for th« golden future, as why should you set benefit equally with the others wksb the opportunity is opoa Call for List off Properties. __: . <_ MdAUCHUN TTSS7 Real Estate Agents

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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 194, 16 August 1912, Page 8

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Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 194, 16 August 1912, Page 8

Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 194, 16 August 1912, Page 8

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