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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 14, 17 January 1913, Page 8

Auctioneers astd L&nd Agents McLAUCHLAN AND CO., REAL ESTATE {AND General Commission Agents. Spring Creek Land. 10 Acres 10 Situated almost right in township. Close to railway station and school. Two frontages. Seven, acres planted in apple trees, well sheltered, and in good order; balance in potatoes. This block, apart from the value of the fruit trees, must grow into great value as a residential area. This ] block is for quick sale. Owing to its j certain future value, good terms can be given. 50 Acre Farm Three miles from Spring Creek Railway Station. Good dwelling and outbuildings, and well fenced. We specially recommend this property as an ideal lucerne seed farm or as a dairy farm. The farmers of Marlborough do not yet know the value of lucerne as a fodder plant, or for seed purposes, for the latter of which there is an unlimited demand in Australia at assured prices. Good lucerne land in similar situation to this farm in other parts would sell at £100 per acre. Call and we will prove it to you. Dairying industry, This industry has not started yet, but it will naturally follow lucerne growing. There is an unlimited demand for butter and cheese at high prices throughout the world. Canada, which was a great exporter of cheese and butter, is to-day importing, also many other countries. Closer Settlement and closer settlement still must come. Think of New Zealand with its millions of acres lying idle or held by a few owners in large areas, and j Marlborough is the chief sufferer, j where there is four times the area of j land to be yet settled to any other i province in the Dominion. One estate I alone holds 160,000 acres, and a rise '• of 2d per lb in wool means an inj creased income of £3000 this year. I This money is not spent in MarlI borough or in New Zealand, but goes jto the absentee owners. This is only I one instance. No other country that : calls ■ itself progressive would allow this. There is only one remedy, that is to double the land tax and limit the areas. Denmark, Only the- size of Canterbury province, was 40 years ago almost bankrupt, but to-day, owing to closer settlement and the growing of lucerne and clover on poor land, exports 25 million pounds' worth of butter and cheese per year, or more than the whole of New Zealand's total exports of all kinds, including wool. Land Values. It is certain that land must rise on the Wairau Plains equal to other parts. Light land that is to-day worth £30 per acre will be worth £60 in lucerne, and £60 per acre land must soon V? £100, and high values mean closer settlement, and with im- ! proved farming 50 acres will produce ■ what 100 acres do to-day. In AusI tralia good lucerne land close to a j factory is worth £125 per acre in j SO'-acre lots, and in Denmark £100 to i ±,400 for dairying. These values seem I mgn, but they are correct. Riversdale Suburb. Five Acres to 13 acres on the main road. Prices from £110 to £115 per acre. Easy terms. Islington Suburb. Quarter-acres from £60 to £85 each. Terms: £10 deposit; balance j in instalments to suit buyers. ftiayfieScl Suburb. This is going to be the model suburb of Blenheim. Ten new houses are already up, and contracts let for others. The roads are all one ch^in wide with good footpaths. Price of sections still only £75 each. Terms only £5 deposit and £5 every three months. Very shortly these sections must rise in value, and you will never get the same terms as offered to-day. Nowhere else in the Dominion can you buy sections so cheap or get sach easy terms as in Blenheim. Sections For Sale In Maxwell Road, Springlands, and JJarnham (which is growing very fast and is still the most sought after residential district). No one has sold out or wants to sell on Farnham to go to any other suburb. It is high, healthy, and free from dust, and is an ideal spot m every way. Inspect it and t prove for yourself. Push Blenheim. Write your friends and ask them to spend their holidays in Marlborough Prove to them that they cannot invest their money or live in a better district, as for future prospects climate and soil, which is unequalled' 1-twt them every week the "Marlterested ExR<JSS'" and Sefc the™ mii - . . ___ _ | SVfoLAUOHLAg^I & Co-