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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 64, 17 February 1885, Page 3

£*.%IVD S\I„K. ■•r -■-• ♦ — iOn Thursday, next. 19th February, Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald & Co. will sell by public auction m the hall of the Athameum, City of Wellington, the first area of the Wellington and Manu- ' watu Railway Coinpauy's splendid land, comprising rural sections m tha Fitzher bert Blocks, and allotments m the township of Linton. The sale will commence at 11 a.m;, as there are so many sections to be offered, that it will take several hours to complete .the sale. The aroa to be sold m the Fitzherbert Blocks comprises from 18,000 to 19,000 acres of agricultural and pastoral lands of first class quality, and is conveniently situated for access from tho settled portions of tbe blocks. Each section has a frontage to a road connected with the district roads, which lead to the railway station at Linton, seven and a half miles from Palmerston North. Tbe township of , Linton and suburbs comprise about five hundred and fifty acres, and is the site of the station, four miles from the june- : tiou of the company's railway with ibe Fbxton-Taraiiaki line. The main road through the: Fitzherbert Block leads to the station and the township, and will be the terminus for ilie traffic of the district. The upset prices for pastoral lands will range from 20s to 30s per acre, and for Agricultural lands from :. f 358 t0.608 per ; acre. . Small capitalists, and. settlers, anxious to secure' a really good investment on exceptionally rea--fconable terms, will have an opportunity: "of doing so at this important sale which . may not be offered theni again for a long time to cornel Plans of lands and schedules.of. upset prices can ;bc seen at ' 'every post office m the colony, aud may be obtained oii ! application tit the" company's offices, Wellington and Palmerston North. Full information how to inspect the sections will be furnished at the offices of the company,, .Palmerstoi; •N6rfchf where arrangements can be made by intending purchasers, ou any date ■' ; from ' how ■ till' the 16th February, to have the guidance of competent persons to any section shown } for sale"' on the plans. 1 : We anticipate for this sale an unprecedented success, as the qiialily of thelahds and' other 'special advantages = will be sure to induce "eager competition for the various sections. ■