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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3287, 10 April 1885, Page 3

Hall and Meason. SOUTHLAND LAND. IN AGAIN OFFERING LAND IN SOUTHLAND FOR SALE **TE feel even more confidence m doing so than we did formerly, for the results to those who have already PURCHASED FROM US ARE BEYOND OUR BEST EXPECTATIONS. In connection therewith we quote the following from the Timam Herald : — " Settlement m Southland. — It is always pleasing to hear of the well-doing of old friends. We reprint from the Mataura Ensign an interesting account of the farms of a number of settlers formerly resident m South Canterbury. "Our reporter m his rounds recently visited Titipua Valley and the country between the Titipua and Hedgehope streams, a large part of which was some two and a half years ago purchased and settled by Messrs Hall and Meason, of Canterbury. At that time there was not a settler, there was not a fence, there was not a cod turned ; now m the particular part referred to there are upwards of 1200 acres under crop and broken up. Mr Coomer has close on 400 acres, about 150 of which are m crop, piineipally oats, which should run 50 bushels to the acre all round ; and competent judges Bay that m some parts the yield will reach 70 bushels per acre. His wheat should go 40, while some 30 acres of turnips are as iine as one could wish to see. The next farm is that of Mr Clarke, who has some 150 acres broken up and chiefly m oats, also looking well ; while next to him is Mr Allott, with a large block, also principally m oats, but with some wheat, mostly looking well, especially the oats. The most interestiug feature on thia farm is a large overshoot waterwheel 12ft m diameter, built entirely by Mr Allott himself for chaffcutting and threshing purposes. Next Mr Allott is Mr Duffell, who has fenced and broken up a considerable block, novf fallow. Behind him i 3 Mr Essery, who has built a good house and broken up some 150 acres for next year. Behind him again is Mr Moorhead, with some 130 acres of oats and more broken up. Mr Allott and Mr Coomer have excellent gardens, which keep them supplied with all ordinary garden produce. Their potatoes it would be dilficult to excel. They have also planted a goodly number of forest trees, principally pines, which are doing wonderfully well. All are now busy harvesting, and m the course of a week or two the country — formerly a vast uncultivated waste inhabited by the rabbit and rabbiter — will present stacks of valuable corn m every direction. The Road ■ Board has lately done some good work m making cuttings and bridges, which will enable produce to be brought easily to market. Perhaps the most marked effect of settlement both here and m other parts of Southland is the almost total extinction of the rabbits by systematic poisoning by phosphorised oats. Where formerly one saw rabbits m every_ direction, now you do not see half a dozen m a day's ride. WE NOW HAVE 6300 ACRES, Which we can Dispose of m FARMS of from 150 ACBES and Upwards. PRICE, JE3 to JBS AN ACRE. We are not laying down any hard and fast terms, but are open to make SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS. The WHOLE of the PURCHASE MONEY may remain UNPAID (if recj-iiired) for A Term of Tears. INTEREST Will be CHARGED at an EXCEEDINGLY LOW RATE, and if required, an arrangement can be made for NO INTEREST TO BE PAID THE FIRST YEAR. OF THE LAND ITSELF We may say it consists of LOW ROLLING DOWNS, all Ploughable, with Permanent Streams m the Valleys, and is situated four and a half to nine miles from three or four Railway Stations on the Main Line from Dunedin to Invercargill, so that Produce or Sheep for Freezing can be sent to either Market. COAL is found almost everywhere, and as a good BUSH (Reserved by Government), is within a .mile of most of the Land (a License to Cut can be obtained for £1 a year), FENCING MATERIAL IS VERY CHEAP, as also is BUILDING TIMBER. We again wish to impress on Farmers and others, especially Small Farmers and Contractors with Farming Plant, the following facts : — That on the small holdings they have here all they can make is a bare living, and that year by year they grow older, but no better off, and that year by year the value of agricultural land is becoming steadier, and more difficult for people of small means to acquire. Especially has it done so m this district. And whether they would not be wise to purchase larger farms m Southland, off which they not only can make a better living, but which must increase m value as settlement progresses. Another important point to consider is that with the price of grain as low as it is now, far more is to be made by Stock producing, than by grain ; and that there is no better grass and turnip land than m Southland. HALL & MEASON, TIMARU. X. F. GBAY, Temuka. Notices. NOTICE. MR HAMILTON will open the Alburv School on TUESDAY MORNING, 14th inst. J. S. RUTHERFORD, Chairman. Albury, 9th April, 1885. COUNTY OF MACKENZIE. TT HE Mackenzie County Council invite -L Applications for the combined post of CLERK AND OVERSEER, Salary, £220 per annum, with Free House and Allowances. Conditions of Appointment can be seen at Mr G. C. Miles' Office, Timaru. Applications must be addressed to the County Chairman, and delivered at Burkes Pass not later than FRIDAY, May le>t. Signed, john McGregor, Chairman Mackenzie County Council. 4^B 2638 FUNERAL NOTICE. rTIHE FRIENDS of the lato MrsMcKBNZiE JL are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral, which will leave the Timaru Railway Station immediately after the arrival of the 10.30 train from Fairlie Creek on SATURDAY, the 11th inst. J. E. BECKINGHAM, 4-10 2652 Undertaker,