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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 3 December 1889, Page 3

st VffT ANTED a qui*t trap horse * * Apply at this office. nTo A T S F O 3* H I R E As the boating season is iiom opened the undwsiuned offers his •■, boats to th* at the small sun: OF ONE SHILLING PER HOUR. 3 llowance made by the day. Fishr ing parties supp!i d with lines. Seven boats (sailing and pulling) to select from. J. HILLARY. - IN THE EXCHANGE HALL, Lamhton-quay, Wellington. • ON FRIDAY, ISrH DECEMBER, 1889, at 12 o'clock noon VALUABLE FEEEHOLD SECTIONS IN AND NEAB FOXTON, MANAWATU, Well known as COOK'S JESTATE. ■1 'Jl 17-ENNEDY M ACDONALD j i. . iV iVI j AND CO I Are irs'ructfd ly Mr C. A. ?t. j Geo ge Hicks n, as vendor, to offer j for sale, by public auction, as above — i KA ALLOTMENTS IN •J<± FrXTON, ai-uatea in very centre of the Government Township, lying between the Avenue • oad and UnionJ street, and intersected by , Harbour, Main. Johnston, and j ••'utter S retts, which shows their eligible position for business purposes. Lot 1- Containing 2 roods and 23 perche", House and Outbuildings, holds a commanding position at the corner of Harbour and bray Streets, overlooking the Harbour and Wharf, j the latte-- being just acmss the street, j I It is a very su table sue for a Hotel i j or Boitrd nghouse. j Lot 2-• Corner Section, fronting I Gr y and Main Street", with Shop | | and Dwe linglmuse. This valuable I site is occupied by Messrs J. •• athan I & Co., and known as the Foxton Ready Money tore. Lot 3— Fronting Main-street, with ' Dwellingliouse thereon. 'J bis piD- !• perty a ijoins Lot 2. t | Lot 4— Undeniab'y the Most Pro- : ininent One, havi g an area of 3 lac es, little more or less and b- j ing ■ j situated between Ha bour and Main I '■ Streets. On th'S la jd is erected the | Si-roomed bui ding known as the ■ FOXTON FAMILY HOTEL, with a lurge detached Billiard-room ■ and S abling. The cis a very largs i evtent of IV nt ge o » this lot, which con d be utilised for tit.s for shops, &c. . i Lo s 5, 5a 5b hnve valuable f ont'iges to Main-street. j Lots 6 to 15 and 20 t026 have c -eh ! a fron age of 66 fe tto Coo k-s reefc Lot 19 — A < o ner S c ion to Miin and Cook Streets, is occupied by the | oldest smithy in i-oxton. * \ Lot 16 to 18 29 to 32, and oc, sr>, se, 7f fr nt .Johnston-btreet, aud would make excellent villa sites. j Lots 33 to 55 are partially feiced and otherwise improved, contain from 1 to 20 acres each, the larger | lots being w e 1 suite i for small farms ! or market gardens. i i j Foxton has greatly increased in i prosperity during the last few years. Within a radius of 10 miles the c are fifty Flax Mils ia fu.« work, which empl y about 1500 men. At the lowest c tima c they turn out per month 1100 tons of dressed fibre, i which entai s a cash expenditure of : £10,000 for lab ur, making a total , cash expenditure of > £120,000 P E NNUM. | i Land in Foxton should therefore | rapidly increase in va ue. The j town has railway communication ! with Palmerston and with So don, I thus tapping the flax industries at ]th Oroua Bridge, in the Carnarvon District and o,i tho banks of the rangitikei • ive . Foxton's neighbour' ood. o ened 3 out by the Manawatu River, has j THOU AD• O • CRE . I ;j of growing F ax, ensuring for the j i mills around a permanent su : ply of ' the raw material. ' j Lot 50 WIR TvINO cntnins One Hundred And Tvknty Two acrfs m> a Ha> f, with Dwe linghouse. It is fenc-d at d laid down in gn»ss. The road from Fox! on to Levin and i Kerern I'm s through i\ «nd Uie 1 Borough F^rry is c.st ib i h/d at t'»i» point. There is a good ro^na led roai to Foxton, a itmauco of three i miles. ot 57 P A IO. This U a vuli- ] able pro i erty lyi-g betw en th« i Man watu Xiv r wliich it frofits, and ' Vjniawafcu • aihvay. It u -niains I Two Htr drk • And Twenty-nine | rBEs, xaos ly un-ler grass. The jDii-trcli i oa'l to Kereru R i'vi-ay j Station runs through the pr. perty, Ft fur- her particulars and conditions of sale app y to tho Auctioneers-; or io the fo'low'ns: Solicitors : — T-AVE S&IZ RD, Solicitors to tlio Vendors ; \ BE.LL, GULLY & !ZA D, W. H QUfC v. And A.&C. BK NDON, Wellington.