LAND SALE AT MANAKAU.

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 297, 4 September 1918, Page 8

LAND SALE AT MANAKAU.

■'. ■ 'At Manakau on Monday Abraham i ftnd AVilliam's, , Ltd,, offered by public' ; - auction the estate of 157 acres, the I ; property di Mr. J. F. Gloeson, which j had been cut up into six sections, vary- ! ing in. size from nine to 52 acres. ' There was a .large attendance of the i public, and .Mr. 0. H. Porritt was the ! auctioneer.'. .The homestead block of i 32 acres realised £100 per acre, Mr. I R. A. Port being, tho purchaser. Sec- ! tion 2, of .10 acres, made £82 per acre, [■ mid section 3, also of 10 acres, brought ' £100 10s. , per acre, the purchaser in i both .cases being Mr. Port. Section \ 4, of 10 acres, was sold to Mr. C. • Rickard at £106 per acre, and sections I 5 and 6,. totalling 96 acres, went to ! Mr. Port at £75 per acre. The. cstato i averaged £84 per acre. ; ROTOTANE LAND'SALE. ; ' ! On Saturday last Messrs. Abraham ! Ltd., offered by public auction I the above .estate in their Pal- | merston'-North Horse Bazaar. There } was a large attendance of tho public, j and Mr. Porritt wielded the hammer. • Bidding was. particularly good for seci. tions 1 and 6, but tho other four sec- | tions were passed in, as they failed to • make tho reserves. Lot lof 43 acres j was bought by Messrs. Kichardsou'aii.d I .Neilsen of Tiakitahunij, ■ at £80 per ! acre, and Lot 6, of 3 acres, went to !■' tMr. S; L. C'orbott. .. ■ .