£42,000 WORTH

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 258, 19 July 1918, Page 8

£42,000 WORTH

A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LAND SALE. At Shannon on AYednesday a most successful sale of land ' was held. The estate of the late G. N." Wood, comprising 821 acres, was olfered by public auction by-.Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., and there was an attendance of quite 300 people. Mr. J. H. Hankins, solicitor for the estate, read the conditions of sale, and then Mr. 0. H. Por.ritt, auctioneer, took charge. . Bidding van particularly * spirite'd throughout, and every section was sold under tho hammer. Tho prices realised were as follow—Section 1, '19! acres. .081 per acre, C. 11. Spiers; Section 2, 19$ acres, AIM) per acre, .11. Barber; Section 3, aoj acres, 471 15s. pe/'.acre, B. B. Zurcher; Section -1, 74J acres, 498 10s. per acre, Albert AVood; Scct'on 5, 54 acres, 435 per acre, K. Gardiner; Section 6, SB iipi'ps, 422 pec acre, S. W. Carter; Section 7, 56 acres, =£20 per acre, J. Cflllenu; Section\B, 39 acres,- 426 -las. per acre, A. Saunders; Section 9, 23 acres. 473105. per acre, J. A. Nash; Section 10». 7i acres, 469 per acre,'C. Liggins; Section 11. 13 acres, 461 per acre. C. JJggins: Section 12, 23 acres,' 473 10s. per acre, fi. Liggins: Section 13, fill acres, 476 per acre, S. W. Carter; Section 11, 69 acres, 439 per acre, C. Liggins; Section 15, 78 RcrK.«. 410 Ills, per acre. C. Liggins: Section 16, 61- acres, 469 per acre, C. Liggins; Section 17, 22 acres, 461 per nci'c,, K. Gardiner; Section 18, 14 acrns, 469 per acre, L. Jenkins; Section 19, 40$ acres, 445 per acre, L. Jenkins;' Section 20. 83J acres, 430 par acre, P. Uennessy. The fii't acres averaged 450 15s. per acre. This sale/ 1 together -with the Gorringe Estate sale held on 'July 6, hiakes it total turnover of 477,000 worth of land'sold within eleven days by Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., at public auction.