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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 10 December 1889, Page 3

D 0 ATS FOR HI li E\ As thd \}o&l\lis . fobktii is h6tt opeiie'd the undarsighod ofiers hlti boats to Hie Pbiiuc.at tile small sum Uk liuft sitttitiTNc; pfM iioim: made by the daj'. Fisliing parties supplied with lines. Seven boats (sailing and pulling) to select from. i J: HILLARY. IN THE EXCHANGE HALL, L AM riTOX • QUAY, Wk LI I X(*TOX . ON FRIDAY, 18th DECEMBER. 188!), at 12 o'clock noon VALUA.IJLF. FREEHOLD SECTIONS ltf AND iSEAR FOXTON, MANAWATU, Well known as

COOK'S ESTATE, 'V T/-ENNEDY TLJACDONALD . ANt) CO Are instructed by Mr C. A. ft. Geoge Hicks n, as vendor, to offer for sale, by public auction, as above — 1 K 4 ALLOTMENTS IN FuXTON, situated in very centre of the Government Township, lying between the Avenue J oad and Unionslreet, and intersected by Harbour, Main. Johnston, and u 'utter S reets, which shows their eligible position for busin^;B purpose?.

Lot 1 - Containing 2 roods and 23 pert-he*, House and Outbuildings, holds a commanding position at the cornei" of Harbour and Gray Streets, overlooking the Harbour and Wharf, the latto • being just across the sti*eet. It is a very suitable site for a liotel or Itonrdinghouse. Lot 2 -Corner Section, fronting Gi\»y and Main Streets, with Shop and DweTinghousO. This valuable site is occupied by Messrs «T. Nathan & Co., and known as the Foxton Ready Money f tore. Lot B—Fronting8 — Fronting Main-street, with Dwellinghouso thereon. This property aijoins Lot 2. Lot 4— Undeniably the Mo-;t Prominent One, having an area of 8 aces, little move or less, and being situated between Hat-bour aivl Main Hreeis. On this la id i? erected the 81- roomed building known as tiio FOXTON FAMILY HOTEL, with a large detached Billiard-room and Stabling, There is a very large extort of fronts ge oa this lot, which could be utilised for sites for shops, &o. Los v, sa. Sb, have valuable f.bntages to Main-street. Lots (5 to 15 and 20 t026 have each a frontage of GG feet to Cook-street. Lot 19— A. Comer Section toMiiin and Cook Strops, is occupied by the oldest smithy in Foxton. Lot 16 to 18, 29 to 32, ai,d oe, si>, se, 7i' fiN.nt Johnston-street, and would make excellent villa sites. * Lots B.) to 55 are partially fenced and othorwiso improved, contain from 1 to 20 acres each, the larger I lots being wel suite! for small farms I or market gardens.

Foxton has greatly increased in prosperity during the last fow years. Within a radius of 10 miles the c are fifty Flax Mil's in full work, which employ about 1500 men. At the lowest ostima c they turn out per month 1100 tons of dressed fibre, which entai s a cash expenditure of £10,000 for labour, making a total cash expenditure of £120,000 PpR ANNUM. Land in Foxton should therefore rapidly increase in va'ue. The town has lwilway communication with Palmorston and with S n.don, thus tapping the flax industries at th* Oroua livid ge, in the Carnarvon District, aud on tho banks of the Kangitikei I'-ive: 1 . Foxton's neighbourhood, oroned out by tho Munawatu Rivor, has THOU.-AvDS OV ACRE-, of growing F.ax, ensuring for tho mills around a permanent supply of tho raw material. Lot 50. WIR< JUNO contains One Hukihikd And Twenty-Two Acres And a- Half, with Dwellinghouse. It is fenced and laid down in grass. The road from Foxlon to Lovin and Kereru runs through it. jincl the Borough Ferry is established at t'us point. There is :i good metalled road to Foxton, a distance of three miles.

lots7PfAK\. This is a valuable property lying between the Maiiawatu Riv.-r which it fronts, and Mnnawatu Kaihvny. It contains Two Hu.xdrkd Axd Twenty-nine At res, mostly under grass. 'J'he Dislrict Koad io Korcru Railway Station rnus through the ]>roperty Terms : '25 per ceut cash ut sale bahnoo in .'J, (•, and 0 months at (» per cent. Pi-r further purticnlars nn<l conditions of sale, app y to the Auctioneers or to the following Solicitors : — T.<AVEUB&IZ\KD, Solicitors to tho Vendors ; BKLL, GULLY, &IZA.KD, W. H. QUICK. And >.& C.BRANDON, 1 Wfllinßton.