MANUREWA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 231, 1 December 1916, Page 3

MANUREWA.

(See also page 1.) MANUREWA PARK ESTATES. It is a recognised fact amongst tho medical fraternity of the city o Auckland that although the sanitation of Queen street is above reproach, yet owing to the configuration of the country Queen street, lying low, and batween extended slopes, it is somewhat shut in and receives the natural drainage. Life, then, in the thickly populated part of the city does not make for the best conditions of health, and if perforce some 6 or 8 hours are spent under such conditions, followed by an hour or so in a crowded tram or train, it is absolutely -necessary that. such persons, to retain good health, should spend the balonce of the 24 hours as far away from the sea and on as elevated a position as possible. Nowhere around the city of Auckland can such conditions be obtained as at Manurewa, as our doctors, solicitors, merchants and others have proved by their residence then. The elevated country suitable for residence in close proximity to the city, and near the railway line, around Auckland is very limited. Manurewa, on the main suburban line, and only 15 miles from the city, is the highest point between Green Lane and Paerata. All the country lying to the east of the Great South road is part of an elevated plateau, that extends from Wiri to Manurewa (about 2£ miles), and containing approximately 2000 acres. This plateau rises above the Flat Bush Valley, and running about due north and south extends to the Papakura Valley and the Great South road, where it junctions with the railway station at Manurewa. These Park Estates offered for sale cover some 750 acres of the plateau and are the nearest portion to and adjoining the railway station, being some 200 feet above sea level, and only 45 chains from the station with an easy grade, thus affording the highest, driest, healthiest and cheapest sites for a home anywhere around Auckland.

Manurewa was at one time a hug 9 puriri and totara forest. The Par k Estates were held by their previous owners for over 60 years. In the early daye when the settlers had to carve their homes out of the forest, these owners carefully preserved small portions of native bush. These areas of natural beauty (now beyond money value) dot the landscape, and early purchasers will have a very fine choice of selection

To sum up some of the advantages of these estates: For picturesque homesteads; th& soil is good and well drained; the height above sea level affords a magnificent outlook; the country stands unrivalled for cropping (no frosts); the natural bush is unsurpassed for beauty and shelter; these features and natural advantages are close to the railway station and Great South road, and make for an absolutely safe investment. An inspection can be arranged, and plans and prices obtained from Mr Enos S. Pegler, land agent, Manurewa.

The footpath on the eastern side of the Great South road, from the butcher's shop to the hall corner, carries more traffic probably than any other footpath in Manurewa. erected right in the middle of this footway is a long line of iron rails, carrying the telephone wires. These posts are a standing menace to life and limb, as many of our residents have proved. The local authorities should certainly move in getting the postal authorities to shift the posts to the edge of the footpath or on to the edge of the roadway. When several syndicates some months back approached the Town Board for roading conditions for their respective estates, such severe roading conditions were laid down as resu'.ted in the holders applying for easier conditions. After several meetings and much discussion the Board has now agreed to scoria replacing blue metal. There is very little land for subdivision (outside of these properties) close to road and rail in Manurewa, so that we trust there will be no further bar to the cutting up of these farms into attractive small subdivisions to suit city people.