THE RAGLAN LAND SALE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1193, 19 February 1880, Page 2

THE RAGLAN LAND SALE.

BttßE will doubtless be a large muster of apeoulators and others to-morrow at Le Quesne's Hall, Hamilton, when Messrs unter an! Nolan will offer fo sale the valuable town, suburban and rural properties, at Raglan, of Mr T. B. Hill, several Waikato residents have taken a trip across the ranjfe during the last few weeks with a view t>) personally inspecting this property, wirch comprises bites for sea side home*, su urban residences, and small suburban farms of from 2ti to 6s acres in extent. There are 5 lots in the town of itself, and twice as many in East Raglan, and tne suburb tn seaside villa sices, some 30 in number, range from a li. tie over half an acre each, to in some cases two aores. % suburban village has also been laid out at the foot of the (\arioi Mountain of from a quarter to an acre and h quarter each, around which the half dozen small farm-, referred ' to are siturted. Toe Ktrioi Village sites are prettily situated on he rise at the base of the mountain overloo ing a large il.it peninsula with ■: fine beach md oathiug grounds, and bat for the »vant ot •i bridge would be directly connected *itu the town ot RagUu itself, and a» it is would compete favourably with ttitfhu as a sea bathing resort and .sanatorium Now that the construction of the Wri;» t bridge and the im t irove«neut f the existing road is being reaUy ta en into hiu I by the .overnuent, Kaplan must vi'iy M)i>n take up the position for which it i*> naturally fitted, the favourite w tteriu place of W.tik tto families, and indeed an easily accessible outlet for Aacklaul itself, the more so, as in addition to sea bathiug valuable warm Milphur within two or three hours of Kighn oy boat are arailable for invalids. \ ith aglan brought within a fivo hours drive of damhtou wt. miy expect to «cc before long at least a tri- weekly ooach established, goiug the j >uruey one day aad re turning the next, and such au enterprise would in the summer mouths very noon demonstrate to Waikato settlers the value of ttaglan as a summer resort for their families. he sale ta es place late tomorrow afternoon, namely 2 o'clock, to enab.e people from Raglan to ride over in time for it the same day, aud ucldand specul ito s to arrive the same day by the morning train.