A gentlemen from Welli igton, who wished to purchrse property in Picton, asked the local paper if the people there were made of money, or if they thought that the town would outrival London in the near future. He had made three enquiries during the day, and felt somewhat satisfied. First, he asked the price of a quarter acre section in a residental portion of the town—^37s; then he thought he would go farther afield, and selected a half-acre plot in another direction As a last resource he ventured yet again, this time a quarter-acre in close proximity to the proposed new railway buildings—,£looo, The speculator and his cash returned to Wellington by last night’s boat. We advise the Picton people to adopt rating on the unimproved values.
Dress poods at Watcliorn, Stiles and Co.’s— 4s od for is rid. 3s lid for is gd, as gd for is, is 6d for 6|d. —Advt.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19080804.2.27.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 419, 4 August 1908, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
154Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 419, 4 August 1908, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in