IMPORTANT LAND SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 1 October 1909, Page 11

IMPORTANT LAND SALES.

"'IN FERTILE HAWKE'S BAY VvTHoso' who:aro;SuppoS:tl to! know something ;about ■ the'(business .hold :.fast. to 'the opinion 'that_during,the.next,ten yeors,there ..will .-be. a . prodigious and 'wonderful-'.increase in',the settlement of. (ands in'theV-North. Island. ' one'vof ;the-main' reasons:for' this belief is the fiict"that,railway construction has. now opened ujl powerful, prime industrial. arteries.' This consideration,'promotes-:Cpnfidenoe - i in ' settlement',., ond:i:naturally'attr'aots: population, 'and with, pbpulatipu'.c'omes the demnnd for subdivision.. of, ,the: larger Consequent ..'on this "set" of the rising tide of commerce and industry the. Hawkc's Bay district, is now being brought' ;p'ror.iiner,tly ',before the. public. The opinion .is.; general,, and every year, more so,' tha t -.some portion ■of thij fertilo province (notably,- that'.'st.r"etching;:froin Kaikora 'to'Na--pier) constitutes ithe.,richest; area : . in ;NewyZca'. land.'' It^is'rho''uncommon .thinelfor lands' : in ;thif.district-^rich., in valluvial I'soil^—to run ten' sheep to the,acre.:',lh : the vicihityjof.Hastings the.fruit-farming'industry,.has- such^-a-source :Pf:,wealth to the oountr/ ■ that it' Idwai'fs thelgatns ,of . air other; industries./; A- fivc-year-old arohard.in Pnmley.'Havelock,' Pr Farndon usually returns itn. owner a net/'profit-'of J225 per acre per annum. ;• The figures, show cletirljthe .value; of Havvke's'Bay'lands,' especially,: for' 'sheep-farming .'and; frnit-growing,;., Dtiirying •. is also, followed '..with. cohsiaerahle - profit. :-V". 1 ■ "' This: month..tup; important sales of Hawke'6 Bay 'farm , lands,'whloh,'sbould 'bo ;of interest to: '::: mll-:takeplace/ The j'prdperties'.:.'U.tb , J;':bd''iVyMld.'.".'.;are "Raupare." formerly Inown as Sir William KusIscll s^Flaxmere'.' Estate,; and " the:. .balancev: of . the Cllve Grange Estate,, owned by Mr James ■ M'FarJane;;K-..,,''Hanpare"' ! .te situated Within ;t wo ;,and a half • miles .from Hastings.;, In addition. to .its possibilities us .sheep-fatniing ■or /'Raupare''. has a New Zealand reputation as being the home of the /'FlaxmereV- ryegrass. ,»The property, . 'whioh comjprises 1 1680, acres, Vis'..being .'Subdivided into areas ranging from;,three f -to, fifty acres. 1 and , it ,is to .be . auctioned :-'at'Hastings'on ■ Saturday,' October '23,; by::.th'o: : well-known, firm of :Hoadley,afld.Son,,Nap:OT,' with Murray,' Epberts. 'and (Co. ■ , _ Clive, Grange; Estate,. whichr is, situated "near' Jarhdon,' comprises, rich alluvial river soil and,downs;;:'rlt;:isvbeing,;:sUb'divid4d into' ; areas of ~f/om'ote,to;four:hulidred. dhd.thW acres; This' property mil be 'sddvby' pnblioyauction at Napier, by Messrs. Hoadley and Son on 0ct0,ber.,2p.;.; ,ber.,2p.;.; Further;,partionlars- of; these import;nnt.properties',will be'found ;ifi .our-'advertiSinff columns. , ' •• '• ~. ■