MARLBOROUGH.
The eight blocks into which tbe Assets Realisation Board subdivided the Wild's Hill and Upton Downs Estates, in the Awatere district, were offered for sale at auction on ' tha 9th. The total acreage offered was 52.910 i acros. Three blocks, romprising 7830 acres. wero disposed of at prices ranging from £2 Is to £6 18s per acre. The others were passed in. Tho New Zealand Egg Laying Competition Association, which has obtained Government supervision for the competition to be held in Blenheim, has called for tenders for the erection of 100 pens. Numerous inquiries for informat.on have been received from all parts of New Zealand and Australia, and it is anticipated that in the end 150 i pens will have to be constructed. Three Chinamen wer© found guilty of opium smokinsr. The offenders wore fit cd by the stipendiary magistrate at Blenheim £8 each. The fines were paid.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2661, 15 March 1905, Page 34
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149MARLBOROUGH. Otago Witness, Issue 2661, 15 March 1905, Page 34
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