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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3289, 13 April 1885, Page 4

Hull and Mewson. SOUTHLAND LAND. IN AGAIN OFFERING LAND IN SOUTHLAND FOR SALE "¥7STE 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 Timarn Herald : — "Settlement i>* Southland. — It is always pleasing to hear of the well-doing of old friends. We reprint from the Mataura Ensign nn interesting a-count of the farms of a number of settlers formerly resident m South Canterbury. " Our reporter m his rounds recently visited Titipua Valley and tho 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 wus not v sod turned ; now m the particular part referred to there are upwards of 1200 acres under crop and broken up. Mr Coomer has close on if 0, acres, about 150 of which are m crop, principally pats, whioh. should run 50 bushels to the acre all round ; and competent judges say 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 line 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 largo block, also principally m oats, but with Borne wheat, mostly looking well, especially the oats. The most interesting feature on this farm is a largo overshoot waterwheel 12ft m diameter, built enti- ely by Mr Allott himBelf for chaffuutting and tlireshing purposes. Next; Mr Allott is Mr- Duffelt, who has fenced- and broken up a. considerable block, now fallow. Behind him is 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 lip. Mr Allott and Mr Coomer have excellent gardens, which keep them supplied with all ordinary.- garden produce. Their potatoes it would be difficult 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 totul extinction of the rabbits by systematic poisoning by phosphoi-ised 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 ACRES "Upward*" PRjn^- *•» xo £S AN A C KE - 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 required) for A Term of Years. 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 Inyercargill, 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, a 3 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 holdiiigs they have here all they can muke is a bare living, and that year by year they grow older, but no better off, and that year by year the valuo 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 j and that thore is no better grass and turnip land than m Southland. HALL & MEASON, TIMARU. X. F.^RAY, Temuks. ■ riBATEFUL- COMFORTING EPPS'S ~COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctor's bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." — See article m the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold m ilb packets by Grocers, labelled JAMES EPPS & CO., HOHSOFATHIO ChBMISTB LONDON. ENGLAND. PLEASANT POINT. MR I. L MOBRIS, Storekeeper, Point, ha« been APPOINTED OUB AGENT, and Subscribers -will m fnture. please call at his Store for their Papers. Mr Mobbib' receipt will be a sufficient discharge of account* paid to bJr*. or behalf of Ihjf