Phenomenally Bright Prospects ■j: FOR Meat, Mutton £ Produce SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE PROPHESIES PROSPERITY AFTER ENQUIRING THE REAL FACTS. READ THIS CABLE! (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copy light) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association^ LONDON, October 10. Sir Thomas Mackenzie visited the principal English and Scottish industrial centres and collected valuable data in connection with after-war trade. The prospects for dairy produce are bright. It is expected that there will be great scarcity for some time after the war, and that produce, at jeasonable quality, especially butter, find a ready market in view of the depleting herds. L Some people may have regarded OUR prophesies of after-war prosperity as over-optimistic. Now Sir Thomas Mackenzie backs ttp our statements, having collected valuable data re forthcoming markets. The following farms will thus double and treble themselves in - value within the next few years. I Added to which is the fact that special circumstances in each case are such that present proprietors arc prepared to sell for LESS than to-day's values. 2158 acres, situated Whetukura, Hawke's Bay—Good sheep land, with house 4 rooms and washhouse, stable, chaffroom and man's room, \voolsbed and motor shed, sheep and cattle yards, etc. Telephone on to house. Railway is jo miles away, school between 4 and 5 miles, post office 6 miles. The title is Land Transfer, freehold. Subdivided into 11 paddocks, well •watered bv creeks, and fences are in first-class order. No crops in at present. Has grown good crops of swedes and rape, and with a moderate amount of crops it would carry 3,000 sheep—carries now 2,t60 sheep and 64 cattlc, besides at present 180 grazing. The land is undulating to hilly, capable of great improvement. Will carry 2 sheep to the acre, besides about 1 head of cattle to 10 or 12 acres. Price, £10 108. per acre. Owner's interest about He will exchange for place in Canterbury of ' even equity. Folio 3846 1,280 acres, situated Drummond, Southland —Good pioughabie ridges, with 4-roorncd cottage and men's hut, 6-staUed stable and shearing shed, sheep and cattle yards. 1 mile to school, post office and telephone, 6 miles to creamery and railway station. The title is freehold. Watered by permanently running streams. Subdivided into 6 paddocks, stake and wire fcnccs. 20 acres oats, 60 acres turnips, 50 acres grass seed. •/Carries 1,000 sheep, beside crops. All nice rolling ridges and all ploughable ; 600 acres grass and cultivation. Price, £4 ss. per acre. Owner's interest about £3,440. Will exchange for Bungalows and £1,000 cash, purchaser to take up first mortgage. This is a good property, and we can thoroughly recommend it. * Folio 3659 4,000 acres, situated near Dargaville, North Wairoa River—Practically all English grass, no ploughing, and fattens all the year round, splendid :! sheep country and cattlc country. Carrying nearly 900 head of cattle and , '1,600 sheep. Working expenses very little. . Price, £10 10s. per acre for .' land, exceptionally easy terms can be arranged to an approved buyer. ; : - ■ * ' Folio 3843 • 900 acres, situated Whangarei—Splendid farm, and outbuildings of the - ;; best carries stock well, and fattens all the year round. Price £12 per acre, '/easy terms arranged to an approved buyer. Folio 3844 ;\tos-acres, situated Atea, near Eketahuna—With o-roomed house and all conveniences, 3 cottages, cowshed, numerous outbuildings,' telephone connected to the house, 7 miles from railway, 3 miles from school and factory. Carries 2 sheep to the acre, 150 head of cattle. Price, £10 10s. per acre. One of.the cheapest properties in the North Island, owner's interest /4.500 ; will exchange for smaller place near Christchurch—must be sold to wind up estate. Folio 3770 , DONT WORRY OVER WANT OF CASH—If you've got a property we'll get it taken in exchange. • IMMEDIATE ENQUIRY ESSENTIAL—Don't wait another day before calling upon us, or wiring for further particulars. H. H. COOK & CO. FARM SALESMEN INGLIS BUIbOINGS. CASHEL ST., CHRISTCHURCH ] » - ' • ' .. ; .i.'riv-'-- •' ——■ -i ' — The High-grade Car of Perfect Design \ '> , The unique features of the high-grade Mitchell Six will 1 • stand the closest study. And as you learn of its advan--1 t&ges, you'll be amazed at its reasonable price. The gear-box of the Marvellous Mitchell is " amidships the only proper place for it. Cheap inferior grade cars i hook the gear-box in with the clutch, while others place it ,v , on the back axle. The Mitchell method is followed by all > .. high-grade European Cars. L-; The " Mitchell Engine is of the high-speed high-efficiency i' «.« type, small bore and long stroke, 3^ n * x s' n - Light ■'■ reciprocating parts perfectly balanced. Guaranteed, under J ; load, to turn round 3,400 revolutions per minute. All " ,•; moving parts fully enclosed, but very accessible. Threepoint suspension — similar, exactly, to all high-grade I •* , European Cars. j 'j- Another high-grade feature of Mitchell construction is the t ' n. fact of double bearings on each side of the drive pinion ■~ gear in place of single, as used on other cars. This double bearing feature holds the gear in perfect alignment, assuring an exceptionally quiet rear axle under all conditions. , r " The Marvellous Mitchell is not an " assembled " Car—it f* is a high-grade automobile, designed and supervised by , ; y John W. Bate, the leading Motor Efficiency Engineer of -« the United States. The MitcheU Company proudly boast f'* r - that '98 per cent, of their Car is made in their own factor} 7 . i What the Marvellous Mitchell can do here in Canterbury ,' \ . has already been proved by scores of satisfied motorists. .£ 1 - Once sit behind the steering wheel on a trial run, and you, ,'f ' too, will be fascinated with the Mitchell. Get into touch with us now. Five Passenger, £495 Single-Seater, £475 'fi/r = === | Joseph Hamlet & Co. ;Sole Agents • TUfIM STREET —— 1 . 'M y ■ Jk. t , t . .Reduce Personal Expenses i • "New clothing becomes dearer every day, but the j t , ft - , 015111 who knows what's what appreciate* the ad- ' vantages of buying good second-hand clothing , v from me. Yon need have no scruples in buying, y , 1 as every garment is thoroughly cleaned and fumi- / : gated before I offer it for sale. There arc Suits, Overcoats, and other garments of U ■/^*- —( I* * «v«ry description and my prices are but a quarter ( - i It, ~ ' ' of those charged for new garments. j \ j MRS. ellwood —\ I yi gag 123,125,127 Hmngh Street
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 16037, 20 October 1917, Page 3
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