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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 33, 5 March 1879, Page 4

GEEAT LAND SALE 1 _, oo ' , EURAL, SUBURBAN, TOWN and VILLAGE LANDS, : -V- ■-'''' ' ' .. .IN tHE - ■ ■ JFeilding S'ettiemerLt, MANCiiJSSrER BLOCK, Manawatu. Messrs. ETalcom.be & Slaerv^ill Have received instructions from the Directors of the Euiig-aut and Colonists' Aid Corporation, to sell by Public Auction, AT FEILDING, ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26th MARCH, 1879, And on the following days, if necessary, 500 sections, COMPRISING OVER T^n THOUSAND ACRES, Being Village, Town, Suburban and Rural Lands, m Sections varying from quar ter acre t0, 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 this prosperous settlement, and especially to sawuiillers and buslmien desirous of reaping a go'den harvest i'roui the Wangai.ui timber trade. oo • THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SEVERAL 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 Kiver, yet no pait of it is flooded, nor has it an acre of swamp. It lies within 2k miles oi Feilding, and within two miles of the railway. It is connected— by a good metalled road running right through it— wilh the town of Feilding and the new town ol " Ashhurst," on the Manawatu Gorge. Many of the Sections are covered with very light bush, chiefly tawa ; several on the other liand are very heavily timbered with a large proportion of tolara, and are as fine sawmill sites as could he desired. Except wilh 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 ihe country round is being dealt with ■m the way of bona, fide settlement and road-making, m precisely the same way as Feilding and Halcombr; investors may, therefore, confidently look forward to a similar success to that which has attended those who were sc fortunate.as to be the first investors m those towrs. Ashhurstjis now connected with Feilding b}' a good metalled road running direct through the Manchester Block. It is oii the main coach road from Pahnerston to JN apier. The main railway line from Wanganui to "N apier runs through the heart of it, The traffic from a very large portion cf the Manchester Block, and from nearly the whole of the Wangauui Har bor Board Endowment Block, must converge upon this town, and meet the railway at this point ; and as m addition to th,e 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 imponance as a convenient c«ntre for a very large area of country. Ashhurst, from its proximity to the Gorge and to the meeting of the waters of the Poliangina and Manawatu Eivers is most interesting and picturesque, and, as lias been freqnently observed by travellers m the IN apier coach when passing thrpttgh, *'it seems specially designed by nature fur the site of an important town." 111. 30 Suburban Sections of HalCOmbe, comprising 380 acres, the Sections varying m size from 5 to 40 acres. This Block of Suburban Sections has been hitherto reserved 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 right through it. '1 he whole of this block is covered with good timber either for sawing, splitting, or for firewood, and as this ig the nearest available bush to liangitikei and Wanganui, the timber on these Sections has a \ special value independently .of the land, which, both for position and quality, can hardly be sur- , passed. Th^se Sections, would be sin admirable iiivcstlaent. for any working uiau. IV. The Corporation portion of the Tow?icf Cheltenham, comprising 30 Town and 5 Suburban Sections. This is a reserved Block oa tlie Kiuiboiton read, on tho boundaries of the Manchester and KUitea BV'cks. It is about . 8 miles from Feiiding. The Town Sec'tiom mostly front or the Kiuiboiton road, which is the main rcjd from Fielding to the interior, jnd is made and met ailed , 1 from Finding through this town,

and some miles beyond. Tlie Town Sections now offered are quite equal, if not superior, iv 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. Un the Suburban Sections, which lie along the Kiwitea stream, are to be found some of the finest clumps of tolara m the country. One large saw-mill is now being erected two miles north of this town, and Cheltenham must be the centre of a large timber trade, which the extension of the KimboUon 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 JVlakino 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 make a convenient freehold homa for themselves. The land is clear of bush, and as the village of Stanway is at the junction of the three metalled roads leading to Halcombe, Feilding, and Marton, it is a favorable situaV tion for a store, a blacksmith's shop, a carpenter, and, a few other tradesuieu. 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. Halcombe and Sheewill, Feilding, will be forwarded by first post free to any part of the Colony. TERMS OP SALE. 1. Cash, by which is meant a deposit of 10 per cent, on fall of the hammer ; the balance payable at any 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 payment. Most of the rural land, excepting some spicial 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 30th June, 1884, or at any previous . time ; and meanwhile bearing a rental at the rate of '5 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 £5 per acre, payable on 30th June, 1884 ; the rental Ss. per aci'e, of which 2s. 6d. must be paid at the fall of the hammer. All titles are under the Land Transfer Act, and can. be given within a week after the paj-nient of the purchase mqney. The Auctioneers can confidently recommend the above lands, or any of them, as- certain to be profitable investments. ' The character of the Corporation colonising arrangements is now sufficiently well known to be a guarantee to purchasers that all the country m their neighborhood will be thoroughly opened by roads', and bona fide settlement promoted m every possible waj\ The lands now newly opened and' offered for sale are quite equal m posi--tioa and quality to any other part of the Feilding 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 r resulted from the^ Corporation operations »t'Feilding.':arid Halcombe. ■'■ ■' ' ■'■" ' ';' Efforts, will be made to arrange with ' the railway authorities for special facilities being offered to purchasers froiii Wanj^riiU' and intermediate stations' oii ''the day of sale. ' . ■ ] Eor the week before the sale one or two ; 'coaches will be run daily from Feilding to Ashhurst, and also to Cheltenham,' bj the "new jo&d, and everj r facility will be' afforded to intending purchasers to visit and inspect the different block's.'