A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1917, Page 6

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

SALE OF THE PICK OF W'AIKATO DAIRY 'LAND. Every dairy farmer will be interested to know that the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., Hamilton, has leceived instructions to sell in five farms from 1.10 to 180 acres respectively, the splendid Tower estate of almost 1000 acres, situated at Matamata. No district in Xew Zealand has progressed so consistently or offers such splendid possibilities. Excellent as these prospects were a year ago, they are now far better still, due to the opening of the great Glaxo factory—the largest in the world —situated only two miles away, from the estate. The Glaxo Company guarantees • 2/- per lb. FOR BUTTERFAT

this year, while for ten years it guarantees to pay its suppliers 2 1 / ! . d per lb more than butter, Id per lb more than cheese. The beautiful climate of the Matamata district is well known—there is no raw, cold winter; there is the warmth and beautiful sunshine of the north. As one closely connected with the Xew Zealand dairying industry said, the splendid climate alone makes the Matamata land worth £5 per acre more than any other part of Xew Zealand In addition, there is also a new and up-to-date cheese factory at Matamata, while three auctioneering firms hold monthly sales at the town. In addition, the Matamata train service permits suppliers attending the Morrinsville and also the Waihou stock sales, the two largest sales in the Waikato district, held fortnightly. Matamata is only M minutes. express train journey from Hamilton, the principal, provincial city of the Auckland province. It is within s'/, hours of Auckland, with its 134,000 population, its glorious harbor, and its many natural attractions. The Tower estate is close to a good school, while Matamata also possesses a manual «nd technical school. The property is cioso to the Opal Spring Bath and the Crystal Swimmim; Bath, which have valuable medicinal properties. The land is well watered, and is situated on the Ma-tamata-Te Aronea road. The Tower os-. tate comprises the best land in a district which is the finest of a province. 40 years ago Mr. J. C. Firth selected Matamata as the pick of the territory, and chose the Tower block for the homestead because of the delightful situation and excellent soil. Subsequently, when the estate was cut up by the Government, Mr. McCiiw, then 'manager, was given his choice of the blocks ,and unhesitatingly he chose the Tower estate. No man knew the or the Matamata territory so well as Mr. McCaw or Mr. Firth, and it is the strongest possible tribute to the Tower estate fat both of them selected it as the best land in the territory. With modern scientific farming and the utilisation of lucerne the land should carry a cow to the acre •right throughout the year. One of Australia's leading pastoralists recently visited New Zealand, and motored throughout the Dominion. He said that Matamata and Tower estate was the best land he had seen, and that this was the district that he would most like to purchase in. The terms of sale are most liberal, including, if required, financial assistance to farmers to purchase cows. An opportunity like this comes but seldom. Grasp it, get into tho district that offers such splendid openings, with a climate that enables you to really enjoy life, and where your butterfat is guaranteed a higher figure. The sale will take place at 11 a.m. on August 4, at the Town Hall, Matamata. It will pay farmers handsomely to take a trip to the district, and look over the Tower estate property. For further particulars, plans, and details, apply to the Farmers' Auctioneering Co., Hfl-miltm.