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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10380, 6 December 1912, Page 7

FOR THE PROGRESS OF THAMES! Facts, Important, Interesting and Instructive Should be always worthy of careful consideration, should they not? WILL YOU NOTE THESE DETAILS ? They mey be useful, may be valuable to you, some day I Thames is one of tne richest bonanza goldfields in JSlew Zealand But do not imagine it is O&L.Y that—ln its large area of unprospected ground fortunes may still -wait for the lucky discoverer . :—*»'}*»! ■* Asa goldfteld it is well known But this i* not what is generally realised I And this is what we want to accentuate I WHAT THAMES POSSESSES. —A -few Points for SettlersThere are thousands of acres of land suitable for settlement. Its pastoral land is equal to any in New Zealand, It is admirably adapted for dairyfarming.: . ,:i m . , Its factory butter (Weddel Oup Winner) lsseconcL to none m, the Dominion. It possesses a large area of valuable pastoral land awaiting the advent of the settler. —To Fruitgirowerb--Its landis iDarticulary suitable for small farming and fruitgrowing. It! stSnef?uits (apricots, peaches and nectarines especially) ripen quickly and reach Orchar^s^aSfm^et gardeners will find its soil rich and generous and their crops One ofits^armers (Mr Ohas. jMcLiver of Puriri) h^piamed cJampion awards for best collection of apples!in open competition against the whole of the Auckland province. —Points for the Tourist— Its waters, the landlocked peaceful Hauraki Gul^teem with fish-there are three It P os^s»^^ sandy reaches. Its" toSSS^itffl^^SS?ta New Zealand. For twenty miles a splendid road ItS skirts to?^Ssqft]to j&M-iMiigedwitii beautiful pohutukawas, while fernclad valleys lie adjacent, —A Hint to Sportsmen— ' To the snbrtsman it presents!many attractions. There are deerj pheias'aits y :quail, cuilew an\fnu?merame duck in the outlying districts; its streams are being stocked It canbe^^hed by sea or rail and is only 40 miles (4 hours journey rin the splendid i-THe iucllaßd^haSef through the beautiful is^soMe.Hauraki OvOt rue and charming journeys in New Zealand. —To Business Men—Remember this— • ••■B,«.«i ««6i--nntpmtialrties are recognised, it will become not only a, mining toiit an industrial, and commercial centre. , Th«Ttftirwav^whichitisthe terminus and port, taps an immense area of country 1 frcS^WaikatototheEastOoast. : r m Lrough Council isinstalling electric light and power works at a cost of £15,000, Finally—These are true and uncontrovertible statements. For be it understood that Thames has been neglected too long, II IS NOW COMING INTO ITS OWN !