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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 234, 3 October 1913, Page 8

Auctioneers and Land Agents IcLftUGHLAN&HEE REAL ESTATE AGENTS. . - - Cheap Properties FOR SALE. A VERY FINE RESIDENCE. £250 DEPOSIT. FAVORED with instructions from Mr W. E. Sims, whjo is leaving the district, we can now offer for the first time his fine residence at F.arnbam. In order to effect an immediate sale, the price is fixed very low. Large new six-roomed house, bathroom, pantry, scullery, wasb.-b.ouse, etc. ; hot and cold water, septic tank; gas laid on throughout. Seventy first-class assorted standard vn}\ trees, balance well planted and laid out in native and flowering shrubs, and croquet lawn.. Boundary wirenetted and fenced with wire and live fence. . -'-...-**• . This is an ideal place; and is complete in every way; ;{arid must grow into value; 1J acres of very rich land goes with the house; mare can be secured if desired. QUARTER-ACRE SECTIONS <r, , —FOR £I—DEPOSIT—£I • Situated 5 minutes from the Post Office. PRICE, £80 each.. . Terms, not less than £1 per month to be paid off. 73 ACRE FARM. Two miles from Post Office; 60 acres now in crop. Price, only £35 per acre. If sown down in lucerne would easily be worth. £50 per acre. RICH DAIRY F ARM. 160 Acres, close to factory, school, and telephone. 'Very rich land, with great future value.'. Price, £35 per acre. ' ■ , : ' ' \" FARNHAM SJJBURB. ' Inspect this fast growing suburb; it is-being built on very* rapidly, and now there are only a few half-acres and acre lots foi1 sale. ; .- AT RIVERS^ALE. 3, 4, and ~-5 acre lots for sale on very easy terms, say. i £25 deposit, balance as arranged. _ SPRINGLANDS. 5J Acres, with new modern house, rich land, one mile from town. : 9 .Acre block with three frontages. Price, £1500. Close'to schooPand car. 10 Acres, corner lot, with. 20 chains frontage. ■.-.- * 2 Acres on first Cross Roaa. pictolTland. Only half an hour's walk from the P.O. Good level -5- and 10 acre lots from £75 to £100 per acre. Deposit required, £5 per acre; balance in five years. Quarter acres close by selling at over £60 each, and the land now offered has very great future value, and will be worth a considerable sum when:the Naval Base is established at Picton. -

Blenheim's Population WITH CLOSER SETTLEMENT .. . —AND— . INTENSIVE CULTUREmust soon be trebled.' The wholt Dominion must be "-forced ahead tc protect it against' Asiatic power, whicr under the present land laws. tlw Government are INVITING-TO THE DOMINION by supporting large holdings; Othei countries recognise the danger, and are gaining population, yet the publk here are denied the land which is held in, large areas by a few owners. Denmark, theisizeof New Zealand,; has 2 million population, owing to closei settlement; Japan 55 millions with all men trained soldiers; yet New Zealand has only 1 million instead of 1C to defend the country, owing to large holdings, but this must cease, or else the present population will be wiped out. CLOSER SETTLEMENT is the only remedy, and then Marlborough could support 10 times its present meagre population, as it has the vast areas practically undeveloped, climate,-and soil; so it must be very prosperous and produce great wealth. ON ALL SIDES you can see good farms practically lying idle, the owners being either wealthy, holding too much land, or else are careless. Right close to town light land running only one sheep will soon carry 5 per acre by lucerne growing. THE WITHER RUN, only three miles from Market Square, is the start of the large estates which run inland for 50 miles. This run is one of the smallest, yet would settle many families, and is ideal fruit growing country. All this revenue goes out of the Dominion, and only bare working expenses are spent in Blenheim; yet we pay a defence tax to hold this and other estates for a few owners. THE ONLY REMEDY is not to borrow foreign money to buy these estates, but force the Government to increase taxation on large holdings and limit the areas in order to protect the Dominion, and let | population and wealth come in. There are 3,041,670 acres in Marlborough; 1,786,607 acres heia by 74 owners; but when the large areas are settled Blenheim and the Waiiau Plain will be very densely populated. RICH 150 ACRE FARMS will be divided into 30-acre lots with intensive culture such as fruit and seed growing, for which this district excels. THE OVERLAND ROUTE to tie'"West Coast towns will open the district, and make • Blenheim -£ port. It will do more than the public imagine, as it is the first step towards the great Wairau Valley, Westport, Greyniouth, Nelson railway, of which Blenheim will be the terminus. At present on the South Main Trunk only two men are employed, and thousands of pounds spenf~on it are being lost. For a quarter of the cost Blenheim can be connected with the great consuming centre for our produce. A great future- is before this town and district, so buy now while sections are cheap. McLauchlan & Gee, ESTATE AGENTS*