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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 195, 17 August 1912, Page 8

Auctioneers and Land Agents IcLAUCHLAN AND CO., REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Cheap Sections and Farms in all localities. BUY TO-DAY! BBFOKE! IT IS TOO IjATE 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 ha& 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 treatmentj the Hon. Mr Russell pointed out that in spite of all opposition Marlborough's need' of closer settlement must be attended to at once; thus there will soon be 400 families settled in the, "Wairau Valley who will spend -their;money in, Blenheim, so .■■.- ■:'",:■ Buy a Section anywhere you like in the town; it must, soon double in value, and besides ! forces you, to save money; £5 down arid £5 off every six months will secure one, and £15, deposit will secure you a new house and good section. The terms are easy, and the price is yet very cheap. The Dairying Industry has come to stay, as over 3000 acres will b« sown in lucerne this year. At S resent there are only. '7000 cows in [arlborough, bub in three years there will be 30,000, as this year a large number ars 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 sottler grew this" year 53 sacks of lucerne seed off 23 acres, worth £1© per sack, or equal to a, return of £29 per acre, apart from grazing. This seed alone, which was sold locally,, will sow in that settlement 880 acres. Dairy Farms at Tua fflarlLfc 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. . _ j Springlands Acre lots close to the school at £125 each. Close by acres are selling at £300 cash. Farnhant Suburb is the most prosperous en the plain, rich soil, good houses, close to town, where land will shortly double in value. A few half-acres and acres ara still obtainable. ■

The Harbor Board by dredging the river will do mor< to free the town from floods than on< civ estimate, and at the same tim< make Blenheim an important port foi 300-ton boats, as the district has th< best, bar river in the Dominion. Intense Culture and Closer Settlement is going to make Blenheim the largesi and wealthiest inland town in th< Dominion. The Water and D mage money to be spent, together with th* unequalled climate, will make Blenheim the healthiest in "the Dominion. Everything is Coming at once. A new Post Office, Opawa, Wairau, «nd 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 larg* population and untold gold, which means prosperity and more prosperity. BUY TO-DAY I SAVE YOUK MONEY aui be ready for tke golden future as why should you »»t benefit equally with the oth«rg while the opportunity is open ■ J Call tor List of Properties. McLAOCHiAK &TC Real Estate Agents