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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 608, 12 May 1882, Page 3

Auction 8»l«s A. I. MCGREGOR, A. INNES MoGREGOR, A UCTIONEER & GENERAL j£X AGENT. Auction Sales conducted in town and country. Landed and House Properties Bought, Sold, or Let. Valuations made, Residuary Accounts Prepared for Stamp Office, Partnership Accounts adjusted, Absentees represented FIRST FRIDAY in every month,; Sale of all sorts of Stock at Brooke's Yards, Head of the Bay. LAST SATURDAY in every month, Sale of General Merchandise in Town Hall, Akaroa. Entries are requested prior to sale. Jollie Street South, AKAROA, h. MATSON & CO. LAKEBOURNE ON THE SEA, BETWEEN LAKES FOBSYTII AND ELLESMEBB. SPLENDID POSITION. UNEQUALLED IN CANTERBURY. EASILY REACHED BY RAIL, Which adjoins the Western side of the Town. MESSRS H. MATSON & CO. (in conjunction with R. Wilkin & Co.' have received instructions from H. B. Johnstonc, Esq., to OFFER FOR SALE BY AUCTION, ON SATURDAY, The 13th DAY op MAY NEXT., THIS BEAUTIFUL ESTATE Subdivided and laid out for a first-class TOWN. WATERING-, and HEALTH RESORT. THK SITUATION And various points of interest are clearly shown on the plans. It formerly was the site of the Celebrated Maori Pah Wairewa, and others in close proximity. Historical of several once powerful Maori tribes, specially chosen for its abundant fishery and beauty of position. LAKEBOURNE Is unique as a Watering place, and affords fine views of SKA, LAKE find MOUNTAINS, With Great Diversity of Routes for WALKS, EIDES, and DRIVES, as well as the best SHOOTING, FISHING, and BOATING, in the Province. When once established, LAKEBOURNE Will become the FAVORITE and FASHIONABLE SEASIDE RESORT for Canterbury, giving a complete change from Christchurch and other towns for HEALTH, SEA-AIR, CLIMATE, AND ENJOYMENT, WITH EASY ACCESS BY RAIL. RESERVES Will be made necessary for a, towr and a RECREATION RESERVE of 200 acres adjoins. The distance from Christchurch by rail is 30 miles. LAKEBOURNE. Has also a commercial future, as upon the opening of the Akaroa and Southbridge Junction Railway Line it will be the great depot for Sheep, Cattle, Grain, Timber, and the Produce of the Plains, and by its position at the foot of Banks Peninsula and the proposed breakwater and Harbor at Lake Forsyth from the sea, which Mr Hardy Johnston, C,E., reports could bern de available for large vessels. He says :—" The depth of water inside the Estuary indicates a very deep channel, as much as 23 to 25ft at highwater of sea level throughout the '. greater part of a mile in mid-channel from the mouth, which is perfectly 1 sheltered from all winds." 1 LAKEBOURNE. j Was selected some time ago for the i purpose for which it is now placed in tlw 1 market, as the very best site for a water-ing-place in Canterbury, and should tin s present sale prove a snfficient success, s s portion of the nett money realised will b< s expended in opening up the Town bj building a first class Hotel, when tin s great advantage of the position will bi _ quickly realised and highly appreciated. I TERMS— U 15 per cent deposit c 15 „ in three months g Balance in 12 months without in teres t, or in 8 years at C pc i. s cent. Plnns and every information can 1; obto ; : O'l at fhe -''''I, * - rv th-