FEILDING LAND SALE

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 61, 28 March 1879, Page 2

FEILDING LAND SALE

This a iie was ll?ld with g-rcat success on We lnesdiiy last, 'I'he day before the s:«L) people began to arrive al Feildiug aad th* nuruing train from the South was crowded with passengers. The Hpecial train from Wang mvi to the place of sale conveyed about ninety people J it arrived at 11.35. Feilding was quite alive with the people, who comprised visitors from all parts of the district, and others from ( various places in tho colony. The sale was held in the tip-tiir portion of the busin.-ss premises recently ef ected by Mr J. M_yamor, the luncheon being laid ou the lower floor. Aboil** half past li the i lunch commenced, three long tables being loaded with the elements Of a good " feed." i Tlie only speech made Was by Mr Halcombe, i who when tlie tables were full, said — " Gentleman, when you are done, please make room for others." At this time the i sale room commenced to till, and at 1.15, Mr Halcombe opened the proceedings by reading the conditions of sale, explaining each clause as he read, so that purchasers could make no mistake. Printed copies of tho conditions were distributed about the room, and elaborate maps of each division of land were also circulated. Mr Sht-rwill, who acted as auctioneer, then commenced selling. Below will be found full particulars # ItUIiAL LAND IX MANCHESTER 11LOCK.

Bural sections 70, 75, 75a, and 75b, were withdrawn at the upset price — £3 per acre* Three seotions on tho Kimbolton Road, also found no bidders The next lot put up was the Corporation portion of the town of Ashhurst, in town sections. The first section was knocked down to Mr J. Kirk wood, at £70. The next two were knocked down to Mr Nelson for £40 and £60 respestively- Several other sections iv the township were then submitted, but the reserve prices were not reached, ahd the remainder of the sections were then withdrawn. Some sections of the M'Kenzie land followed, but no bids w-ro given. Three sections on the Napier and Palmerston coach road, wero sold as follows : — No 547, lr I4p, £45, E. Marsh ; 546, lr 87p, £2«, W. Tingay; 645, lr 20p, £61, Dr Spratt. Six other sections were put up, but the upset prices were not reached, and the lots were passed in. HALC.MIIE SUIIURBAN SECTIONS. The first six lots wera put up and passed in. The remainder were sold as follows : —

„_ — - __ -. - _„ r .. — v _ e .__ Some town sections in Cheltenham were then submitted, but ouly one, containing lr, was sold, the price being £40. Some rural sections, situated at the back of the township, were next put up, but only three were quitted, viz : — 37a 2r, to Mr Johnston, at £10 per acre ; 44a lr 12p, at same price, to Mr Bradley; and 33a Or 24p, at same price, to Mr Powor. , There eividently being no demand for town lands, the township of Stanway was not put up. The sale concluded at 4.15 p.m., Mr Sherwill thanking those present for their attendance. On ly two sections were thrown up Those were by men who ha-1 bought under a mistake as to cash or deferred payment. The figures given above represent the price at which each section was knocked down ,' ie *vas impossible to obtaiu the particulars as to whether each item was bought on the cash or deferred payments ay-tern. Each section was started at un upset price. We desire to thank the auctioneers and their assistants, also Mr Beatty, accountant to the Corporation, for tho courtesy which was shown our reporter, and which enables us to present our reader* with the above particulars. We have to thank M- cars Halcombe and Sherwill for the following figures in regard to the sale, which were received by us by telegraph yesterday: — " The total sale realized £30,500. Average

price of rural land £4 8s per acre. Average Halcombe suburban laud, £7 per acre. Ashhurst town, £60 j aero. Highest price rural land, £9 ss. Highest Halcombo sub- I urban, £13. Ashhurst ' acre £100."

I'KK ACRE. No. a. n. p. £ a. d. 6 71 27 7 0 0 E. Bullock 7 72 24 810 0 T. Foot 8 6 0 0 8 0 0 A. Haraett 10 73 32 10 0 0 T.Foot 11 32 32 12 0 0 Richard Pope 12 50 28 10 0 0 D. Nathan 13 50 35 10 10 0 W. Tingay 14 50 25 10 15 0 M. Tooher 15 50 15 II 0 0 Saunderg 16 10 1 2.1 13 0 0 C. Lundon 17 23 318 8 a 0 „ 18 22 227 710 0 J. Kamouskie 19 19 020 615 0 M. Bieluki 20 41 2 0 61« 0 W. Mills 21 15 227 415 0 C Bull 22 10 129 415 0 M. Johnston 23 10 129 415 0 W. Tingay 24 10 029 415 0 Wischinowski 25 10 129 415 0 W. F. Ward 26 9 1 7 7 0 0 W. Tingay 27 17 2 7 615 0 Morris 28 23 310 5 5 0 „ 29 27 318 5 5 0 S. Welsh 30 35 334 510 O Oant. Dmitri us

V EB ACHE. No. A. U. V. £ 8. 11. 1 101 216 3 0 0 F. Evans 2 159 135 5 5 0 W. Bailley 3a 50 0 0 5 5 0 C. L. McLean 4 50 0 U 5 5 0 J. Anderson 4a 50 0 0 5 5 0 A. Gower 5 49 136 5 5 0 „ 5a 47 034 5 5 0 J. Neilson 6 47 113 6 5 0 „ 6a 47 113 510 0 „ 7 20 333 6 0 0 J. Tully 8 84 334 6 0 0 W. Whisker 9 50 0 0 5 5 0 G-. Stewart 9a 50 0 0 6 0 0 B. S. Thvnne. 10 50 0 0 510 0 J. Murphy 10a 50 0 0 5 5 0 A. Laing 11 50 0 0 5 5 0 W. Robertson 11a 50 0 0 5 5 0 J. Benjamin 12 50 0 0 6 5 0 J. Tully 12b 29 2 17 9 5 0 13 142 1 8 6 5 0 G. Ashworth 14 126 126 415 0 H. Cameron 15 199 335 315 0 C. Pleasant 16 189 1 7 4 0 0 C. L* McLean 20 300 238 410 0 W. Whisker. 21 295 229 310 0 W. Heid 23 244 230 3 0 0 E. S. Thynne 23 247 211 3 0 0 G. Furlong 24 220 2 4 3 5 0 I)r Spratt 25 252 0 5 3 0 0 G. Saundera 26 237 330 3 0 0 F. M. Belts 27 291 118 3 0 0 „ 28 268 027 upset £3, withdrawn 29 397 032 „ P. M. Betts 30 465 0 5 „ withdrawn 31 524 337 „ „ uuiUL sections, ashhihist. 11 80 0 0 4 5 0 J- Meehen 12 80 0 0 5 5 0 W. Saxton 13 119 0 0 ilO 0 A.Lang 14 100 0 0 4 0 0 J. Ward 15 100 0 0 4 5 0 J. Print 16 100 0 0 withdrawn 17 106 0 0 „ 19 80 0 0 „ 20 80 0 O 4 0 0 T. Cooper 2L 93 0 0 415 0 A. Halcombe 22 100 0 0 410 0 „ 23 100 0 0 4 5 0 E. Nix 24 100 0 0 4 0 0 Rev. Mr Clare 26 91 2 0 410 0 W. L. Bailley 27 104 0 0 4 0 0 T. Cooper 28 125 9 0 310 0 J. E. Carr 29 111 0 0 3 0 0 T. Cooper 30 125 2 0 3 0 0 T. Cooper 31 142 O 0 withdrawn