THE COOK ESTATE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 3 December 1889, Page 2

THE COOK ESTATE.

Wo lose no time in drawing- our '•pftilors attention to the new advertisement appearing re the sale by unction of the well known Cook Estate. The day fixed for the sale is Friday he 13th instant, at noon, nd the plane n" salr- at Messrs T. Kennedy Maodonnld &<Vs auction Mart, amWon Quay. WHllington. We Me p'eased to note that more particulars »re now placeil before the public, as the property is undoubtedly a vory valuable one, and lies in the very centre of Foxton. We must however take exception to the reticence shown ns to the terms of sa'e, an item of vory much con sequence to buve:s, and one which will great! v intluonco the prices obtnined We Know inanj* her; who woul l like to learn the terms, but who do not seem to oare to addrass

any of ihe solicitors whose ramesj aiv gi en. j Th > Auctioneers nre awnkrning to the fact that land in Foxton shouLi •' rnpid y incrense in value." as r;e have br j en stating fnr some months, everything poirring t-.» « g-.a-ai /utu c for t.ie town, if flnx •lressii-g becomes a permanent in dusitry, and the news rect-ived from En. land and Amnica encourage US to \ cli ye t will b < I The nropertms n der off r are al) i:i Ji"iblu portions for various pu ■■ poses the in.' J uess s 't es being on he main street, the vi!!s sites on broad road's, aud the suburban &®c tions praciica'ly cl cc to the chi f portions of the town. It may be interesting for those who are d sirous of o taimrcg a small farm, or market gard'-n, to knotty that the land now for sale, was once, either bush, or ! rich swamp land The bUB& supplied the building material for many of the older houses, and he swamp laud was drained into the Awahou stream, a name by which the site of Koxton, us^d former y to be known | I by, and after being cleared of flax, w s cropped \y Mr Cook, and some of the linest wheat over grown in j the Province, reaped off ie The land is therefore fixvt class. j We are as anxious as the owr ors | to see a successful Sale, recognising that the bre king np of this property will be of great advantage to the town. To all who have ihe slightest idea of becoming residents we r» - commend an i spection of the propsrty, which will not be any step towards being compelled topurclinse, but might prove a very useful piece of knowledge if the sections happen to be going cheap