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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 2, Issue 251, 25 January 1881, Page 2

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;ri cdda&SHinaXOM. -GU AROIAN sOffice.' / o,l} ~jn-d r! .! -, -Tuesday afternoon, ", jlifiq T,; JSuilock reports ;-r-,At the Horse street, on Saturday, there was. a fewer number of enUiestliani usual, and; the attendance, .not st» which can be acC^hted7p’f- by faimef^'.hjivihg^commenced hitffet and ‘ realised 1 hijjh' prices, as. fo! lows—, On ’ifecdairt* Of 'Mr.-Shearer, 'I succeeded in disposing of his team (one each) at L4O, Ljt," T-y»,s.;T mtf ) >iOh laccounty of others 1 Light dnaqjhtsiattXliShacks,-ILS jiys, LSjandt Lq. Sundries-;—dray, /Lx 3. Harness, ploughs, Ij^dpd^rpperties—Since my .last rcpoit there hare, ,bec n : nnmerous inquiries. for farins frpm 20b to yob acres, hut the difference between ppqqs and what , purchasers are .prepared td giVe’K'sb gnat’ that,’it is difficult to'effect sales. Nevertheless ! have succeeded in disposing. t-f the following properties, viz. ;—Mr. WTabTaylofr’S‘famhl at the Ashburton Forks, aßoot three miles from the township. containing 186 acres, for L9OO, equal to cash ; also a farm of { 2M-jacres atAVakanui, at L 3 10s -per, acre.Mod re - street,' - with ’ shop , and dwelling-hcuse erected thereon, forl42o;‘a number of sections at Smithfield at owners’ limit. On January Bth I sold on account• of: the trustee in J. S. Savage’s estate, Lt 101, Tancred and Allen’s sale containing .two acres, at. Larper acre; lot too, do,j containing two acres, at Ll 6 10s per acre (gully running through this sectioy). - Qood will -of lease of T.S. 101, Moore sbeet, 1 bn which is ereeted .a difeup'.'loLLtft 16k.. My next property sale tikSs place on Saturday,' 29th'' insf.-,' when T WHI-have a 'niore than usual number 6f propcrtieS to offery which’will somewhat-' test, the niaoket foe demahd.'