Wellington – Manawatu Railway Company's Land Sale.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 65, 18 February 1885, Page 3

Wellington - Manawatu Railway Company's Land Sale.

Tp-morrow ; 19th February, Messrs T. Kensedy Maqd^onald &Cii». will soil by v public auction' »>' the hsill;Jof th.6 Atbau-, ienw|City of Wellington, 5 the liFst artY of thi Wellington and Manawatu Railway" Gompttiiy^a /s^jlendiriiland, ing rural sections m tho Fjtzh^rbert Block's, and allotments m the township ol! Ljiitoin. The sale will cmStpen^e^^ri: a.ui.,!as there are so many sections to bo offore'dj Jhat it^wiUi.take several. htuns, to, complete the sale. " Ihe area to, be sold m the' Fitzherbert Blocks comprises 'from 18,000 to 19,000 acres of agricultural and lands of first" class quality, and is -conveniently^ situated' for access from' 'tlin Settled portions of the blocks. Each section lias a frontage to a road connected with the district roads, which lead tothe railway stationat tiintpn, seven, and. a .half miles from Palmerston North. The township of. Lintpn and suburbs comprise about five hundred and fifty acros, aud is thelsile of the station, four miles from, the junction <)f tne company's railway wii lithe Foxton-Tafaifaki line." ; The iriairi" 'road through the Fitzherbert Block leads to the station and tho township,- and will bo the terminus for the traffic of the district.; -The upset prices ■ for ; pistoral; lajads' wi'l range from 20,s r to ,30s per acfe,rand for Agriculturai; lands from. 35s to '6os per acre. '' 'Small capitalists^ and settlers anxious to sdcurd' a really goodj 'investment' ori = "exceptionally reasonable terms, will have an opportunity of doing ;bq atithis important which may hot be offered them againo fpr a ; long lime to come. Plans of lands and schedules of upset prices can be seen at every! post office m the colony, and may be obtained on application at the companyls offices, Wellington and Palmer--BtonJNorth. Full information how to inspect the sections will be furnished at tho offices of the company, Puluierston North; where nrrangements can be 'matte" by'intending purchasers, cm nny date -from now till the 16th February, to have the guidance of competent persons to any section shovvn for sale oir the plans. Wo anticipate for this sale an unprecedented success, ag the quality of the lands and other special advantages will be sure to induce eager competition for flic various sections.