AN HISTORIC ESTATE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 316, 1 October 1908, Page 8

AN HISTORIC ESTATE.

JIER STATION FOlt TENDER. One of the best-known grazing properties in the State of' New South Wales, and one possessing more than historical interest will shortly be submitted to competition by tender. Jier Station, in the Ynss district, has been in the Johnston family for at least two generations, and it has been at length decided by the trustees to offer it for tender as a whole, or in eight blocks. The area' of. the estate is 15,112 acres 2 roods 35 perches, and it has been cut up into eight blocks of GU, 354, 2454, 3723, 1331, 1140, 1292, and 1902 acres respectively. Pew properties. are better known than Jier Station, principally because of its great carrying capacity. When the Yass district, in common with most parts, suffered severely, tho manager (Mr. E. H. Johnston) declined to send any stock away. The highest, price obtained for Jier clip was' 15Jd. in Sydney and lGld. in London. The large and up-to-date shearing' shed on tho station is equipped with sixteen Wolseley sheep-shearing machines, driven by a six-horse-power engine. Much of the boundary 'fencing is new.-. Tho land throughout is well improved, all, useless .timber being cleared, and suflicient being left for fencing and other necessary purposes. Situated 18 miles from Yass and 27 from Queanbeyan, Joir Station is not very far distant from tho Barren Jack Irrigation Works, nor is it a great distance from the proposed Fedora! Capital site, Camberra. Excellent roads run past the estate, and easy access to market is therefore assured. Tenders oloso .with tho trustees Johnston Estate, Queensland Offices, IS Bridge Street, Sydney, on November 30. Wc liopo that Canada will keep on growing and keep on getting richer. For, one of theso days, sho is going to bo a part of this great country and ily the American flag.— "American," New York