Page 3 Advertisements Column 4

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 32, 1 March 1879, Page 3

GEEAT l±WD_ SALE ! RURAL, SUBURBAN, TOWN and VILLAGE LANDS, IN THE ITeildixig Settlement, MANCHESTER BLOCK, Manawatu. Halcombe & Sherwill Have received instructions from the Directors of the Emigrant and Colonists' Aid Corporation, to sell by Public Auction, AT EEILDING, ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26th MARCH, 1879, And on the following days, if necessary, 500 sections, COMPRISING OVER TEN THOUSAND ACRES, Being Village, Town, Suburban and Rural Lands, m Sections varying from quar ter acre to 500 acres, thus offering opportunities for profitable investment to all classes— to tradesmen, to laborers of every description, to farmers wishing to make homes m tins prosperous settlement, and especially to sawmillers and bushmen desirous of reaping a golden harvest from the Wanga&ui timber trade. oo ■ THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SEVEEAL PROPERTIES WHICH [ WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE .—

I. 9000 acres Rural Land m 41 Sections, varying from 50 to 500 acres. This magnificent tract of country is THE PICK OF THE MANCHESTER BLOCK. It lies all m the Valley of the Oroua. It is very level ; is very well watered by several permanent creeks and by the Oroua River, yet no part of it is flooded, nor has it an acre ,of swamp. It .lies within 2^ miles of Feilding, and within two miles of the railway. It r is connected—by a good metalled road running right through it— with the town of Feilding and the j new town ot " Ashhurst," on the Manawatu Gorge. Many of the Sections are covered with very light bush, chiefly tawa ; several on the other hand are very heavily timbered with a large proportion of totara, and are as fine sawmill sites as could be desired. Except with regard to the totara lands, purchasers will have the choice of taking up any of these lands lands on lease, with right to purchase, on very easy terms. 11. The Corporation portion of The new Town of Ashhurst, comprising 190 acres, divided into 342 sections. This is a sister town to Feilding and Halcombe. The town itself and the country round is being dealt with m the way of bona fide settlement and road-making, m precisely the same way as Feilding and Halcombe; investors may, therefore, con&V.ently look forward to a similar success to that which has attended those who were so fortunatq'as to be the first, investors m those towrs. Ashhurstjis now connected with Ft-ild-ing by a good mptnllfd road running direct through the Manchester Bloak. It is on the main coach road from Palmerston to Napier. The main railway line from Wanganui to "Napier runs through the heart of it, The traffic from a'very large portion of the Man-, Chester Block, and from nearly the whole o£ the Waaganui Har bor Board Endowment Block, must converge upon this town, and meet tke railway at this point; and as m addition to. the road lines already completed, other roads are now being rapidly opened m several directions, from it, Ashhurst must be the central depot of an enormous timber trade, there being more totara m its neighborhood than anywhere else m the Manawatu. This town is the centre of the operations of the Corporation now, and must continue to be so for the next ' thrpe or four years. Independently of its importance as a convenient centre for a very large area of country. Ashlmrst, from its proximity to the Gorge and to the meeting of the waters of the Pohangina and Manawatu llivers is most interesting and picturesque, and, ns has been freqnently observed by travellers m the Napier coach when passing through, "it seems specially designed by nature for the site of an important town." IJL ' 30 Suburban Sections of Kalcombe, comprising 380 : acres, the Sections varying m ; nize from 5 to 40 acres. This Block of Suburban Sections has been hitherto reserred from sale. It lies on the boundary of the town itself, within half a mile of the railway station, and is opened by a good metalled road running yight through it. The whole of this block is covered with good ] timber either for sawing, splitting, or for firewood, and as this is the nearest available bush to Eangitikei and "Wanganui, the timber ou these Sections has a special value independently of the land, which, both for position and quality, can hardly be sur. passed. These Sections would be an admirable in?estm v ent fov any working man, IV; The Corporation portion of the Town of Cheltpnhain, comprising 89 Town and 5 Suburban Sections. This is a reserved. Block on, tlje, Kimbolton read, ou the? boundaries of the Manchester and Kiwitea Blocks. It is.about 8 miles from Folding, Tj>e Town Sections mostly front on the Kimbolton road, which, is the main road from Fielding to the, . interior, and is made arid anetalled i fro?\ JVhlin^ through Uus town,

and some miles beyond. The Town Sections now offered are quite equal, if not superior, m position to those which at the sale of the ' other part of the town a week ago realised from £30 to £120 the quarter-acre. On the Subdivision Sections, which lie along the Kiwitea stream, are to be found some of the finest clumps of totara m the country. One large' saw-mill is now being erected two miles north of this town, and Cheltenham must be the eeutre of a large timber trade, which the extension of the Kimbolton road is rapidly developing. V.The Village of Stanway. This village comprises 24 small sections. It is situated at the junction of the Stanway and Makino roads, two of the main metalled roads on the Manchester Block. The whole of the country round this village being occupied, an opportunity is offered, by the subdivision and sale of this reserve, for the sawmill or other laborers about to iHakeaconveniont freehold boma foj" themselves. The land is clear of bush, and as the village of Stanway is at the junction of the three installed roads leading to Halcombe, Feilding, and Mart on, it is a favorable situation for a store, a blacksmith's shop, a carpenter, and a few other tradesmen. Plans of the several blocks may be obtained from Mr. C P. Powles, Hunter street, Wellington ; or if applied for by post or telegraph to Messrs. Halcombs and SheriviMi, Feilding, will be forwarded by first post free to any part of the Colony. TERMS OF SALE. 1. Cash, by which is meant a deposit of 10 per cent. on fall of the hammer ; the balance payable at • aoy time within twelve months, and bearing interest meanwhile at 7 per cent. ; but no interest will be charged if the balance is paid within six months. 2.. Deferred pa3 r ment. Most of the rural land, excepting some special timber blocks and some of the larger suburban blocks, may be taken up by the purchaser on deferred payment,, m the form of lease, with right to purchase. The terms will be 25 per cent, added to the price bid at auction, and payable on 30tb June, 1884, or a.t any previous time ; and niea.awhile bearing a rental at the r.a,te of & per cent, on this purchase money; the rental being payable half-yearly, m advance, For example, a block, for which a cash price of £4. per acre is bid at auction, the deferred payment price will be £opcr acre,, payable on 30th June,lßß4 ; the rental ss. per acre, of which 2s. 6d. must be paid at the fa}} of the-.ha.mmer. All titles are under the Land Transfer Act, and can be given within, a veek after the pav.in.eQik o£ the purchase money.. The Auctioneers can confidently recommend the above lands, or any of them, as certain, to. he. profitable investments. The character of the Corporation colonising ar- ! rangenisnts are now. sufficiently well known to be a guarantee to \ ' purchasers that all the country ' ; m their neighborhood, will be I thoroughly opened by roads, and f ; bona fide settlement promoted m | every possible way. The lands 1 now newly opened and offered | for sale are quite equal m posi- ! tion and quality to any other part of the FeiJrling Block, and there can be no reasonable doubt that the same rapid and successful settlement will take place on,, this part of the block as has resulted from the Corporation, operations *t Feilding and Hal-, combe. Efforts will be made lo arrange wijk, the railway authorities for spe,eial facilities being offered to pwr-. chasers, from, "^anganui and in-, terrnediate stations on the day of sale. For the week before the sale- one or two ' s coaches wjjl.be run, dai.ly from 'Feilding tp.Ash hurst, aadalso to Cheltenham, by <^ie. new, lo.d, and every facility will be afforded to intending purchasers to visit • and vusoeci tlio different blocks, '