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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 35, 12 March 1879, Page 4

GREAT LAO SALE! RURAL, SUBURBAN, TOWN and VILLAGE' IANDS, IN THE [Peilding Settlement, MANCHESTER BLOCK, /.~ ■ , • . . Manawatu. Messrs. Halcombe & Slierwill Have received instructions from the Directors of the Emigrant 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 Eural 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 this prosperous settlement, and especially to sawmillers and bushmen desirous of reaping a golden harvest . ;i ! • from the Wangasui timber trade. v * THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SEVEEAL PEOPERTIES WHICH WILL BE OFPEEED FOE 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 iii the Valley of the Oroua. It is very level ; is very well watered by several permanent creeks and by the Oroua Eiver, 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 is connected — by a good metalled road running right through it— with the town of Feilding and the new town 6t " Ashhurst," on the Manawatu Gorge. Many of the Sections are covered with very light bush, chiefly tawa ; several on the other 1 hand are. very heavily timbered with a large pjp^portion 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 portioa of The new Town of Ashhurst, comprising i9O 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, confidently look forward to a similar success to that which has attended those who were so f ortunate^as to be the first investors m those towrs. Ashhurst]is now connected with Feilding by a good metalled road running direct through the Manchester Block. It is on the main coach road from Palmerston to Napier. The main railway line from Wanganurto Napier runs through the heart of it, The traffic from a very large portion of the Manchester Block, and from nearly the whole of the Wanganui Har bor Board Endowment Block, must converge upon this town, and meet the railway at this point,; and as m addition to the ■road lines already completed, [ other roads are now being rapidly opened. in 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 three or four years. , Independently. of its^importance as a convenient centre for a very large area of country. Ashhurst, from its proximity to the Gorge and to the meeting of the waters of the Pohangina and Manawatu Eivers is most interesting and picturesque, and, as has been frequently observed by travellers' m the Napier coach when passing through, " it seems specially designed by nature for the site of an important town." 111. 30 Suburban Sections of Halcombe, tiomprising 380 acres, the Sections varying m size from 5- to 40 acres.. Tins 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. 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 on these Sections has a special value independently of the land, which, both for position and quality, can hardly be surpassed. These Sections would be an admirable investment for any working man. IV. The Corporation portion of the Town of Cheltenham, comprising 89 Townand 5 Suburban Sections. -This is a reserved Block on tlie Kimbolton read, on the boundaries of the Manchester and Kiwitea Blocks. It is about ■•• 8 miles from Feilding. The Town Sections .mostly front- <Jr the . Kimboltori rua.d,' which Jb the ..main road from Fielding to: the : • inte^or.and is hiade and metalled frx>ni Fielding through this town,