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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 56, 7 February 1885, Page 4

; M..R. MILLER. MOUNT ERIN, HAWKE'S BAY. Important and Absolute Sale of MOUNT ERIN LINCOLN ; FLOCKS, . '•-;' ON FRIDAY, 13th FERRUARY. THE Sale will be held at Mount Erin Station Yards. Coaches will be m waiting at Hastings Railway Station on the arrival of the morning trains on sale day to convey intending purchasers to Mount i Erin. Orders for the inspection of £ the sheep can at any time be obItained at the Office of the Auction- * eer. The Mount Erin flock, originally 15,000 sheep, part of Mr Tannku's flock, has been heavily culled every year since coming into the present owner's hands, and from his using only the highest class Lincoln Rams the whole of the sheep are now nearly pure, grand healthy sheep, good size, and dip and quality may be judged from fact of last year's wool, although heavy m grease, realising for fleece from 8d to 9£d per pound, and that m a low market. The sales from the station this season have been only wedders and second-class sheep, but amongst those to be offered on 13th are the choice flocks^hitherto reserved. The only lot now reserved is 3500 hoggets, and as the Monnt Erin Estate has been sold (with the exception of a few sections on the flats) and deJjvery must be given on 19th Feb., sheep must be sold. The lots consist of — 650 choice 2-tooth Lincoln Ewes 1300 m lots, 4-tooth do do 800 do 6 tooth do do 800 do 6-tooth aiid rising 8 Lincoln Ewes . 1700 m 10t5,. 8-tooth (fresh ) Lincoln Ewes 500 Culls, mixed ages 650 large Wedders, 6 and Btooth, m good forward condition . . ■. 550 large Wedders, 6 and Btooth, fat 350 Ewes, 2- tooth, first cross Also, 300 Stud Ewes, 2, 4, 6, and Btooth, with 100 Ram Lambs The small stud flock are from Lincoln Ewes imported by Messrs McLean, of Auckland, from the celebrated flocks of Messrs Clarke and Vessey, Lincolnshire, England. Team of Draught Horses and - Dray Implements, etc. Sale to commence at half-past 12 noon. M. R. MILLER, Auctioneer. i: GREAT LAND SALE. UPPER RANGITIKEI DISITRICT. FOE SALE Some time about the beginning of MARCH, about ■ 4,000 ACRES OF LAND BEING pnrt of the Rangatira Block, comprising the HUNTEKVILLE TOWNSHIP EX TENSION, and a largo number of Rural and Suburban Sections, varying from sto 320 Acres. The Town Sections -^ to 3 Acres. % ;AU the Sections have frontages to welter aded*ro*aalf, 'sonfe 'of which are formed and are now being metalled ; others will be shortly cleared one chain wide. The Main Trunk \ Bail way from Wellington to ■ ... Auckland passes through the eirtfrfe- length of this Block, its also the Marton-Otaraaka-pua-Muriniotu Road. The bush on the Hunterville Township Extension has been cleared ready for burning, the purchasers will therefore be able to proceed with the erection of their buildings'" directly after the sale. The whole of the Rural and Suburban Sections are covered with forest, the principal trees being tawa, I'imu, rata, ami patches of fine totara suitable for milling purposes. Th« undergrowth is as a rule light, and the general character of the noil of splendid quality. A Saw-mill will shortly be erected ou the Block. The country is undulating, with a large proportion of flats, and when cleared and brought under cuUiyafion tbreefonrths will be fit for agricultural purposes. Lithograph's of the property and full particulars will shortly be obtainable. Tiilo, Land Transfer Act. 'IVrms very liberal. BECKETT, HAMMOND, &DrCK. .Marton. TcTsUBSCRI KJ^iSi AND ADVERTISERS. rpllE Accounts for last Quarter J having now tiren issued, settle— mental; tin? «"li»»-« '.-oinrhience of sSul*:<ril'i»'< «no* Ail\erli.*tTS will jjieatly oblige.