AN IMPORTANT SALE
BIG AIAELBOEOUGH PROPERTY FOR SUBDIVISION.
•SPECIAL TO THE TIMES, * BLENHEIM,- May 24Tho sale is reported hero to-day of the Kekerangu estate* the property of Mr E. S. Rutherford,’ to a Christchurch syndicate, for .£65,000. - Tho property is situated ten miles south of tne Flaxbourne estate, on the direct route of the South Alain Trunk railway. The area is About 35.000 acres, and its carrying capacity to-day 27,000 sheep. \ • The estate is tho only large property north of Kaikoura in the. vicinity of the Alain Trunk line, and : has for some time been a stumbling block in the advancement of this important. railway. It is understood that tho new owners intend immediately subdividing • the property and offering it for sale.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7449, 25 May 1911, Page 1
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122AN IMPORTANT SALE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7449, 25 May 1911, Page 1
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