and some miles beyond. The Town Sections now offered are quite equal, if not superior/ m position to those which at the sale oi the other part of the town a week ago realised from £30 to £120 the quarter-acrei On the Suburban. Sections; which lie along: the Kiwitea stream, are to be. found some of the finest clumps of totara .'in- the country. One large saw-mill is bow being erected two miles north of this town, and Cheltenham must be the centre of a large timber trade, which the extension of the Kiinbolton road is rapidly developing. V.The Village of Stanway. : Tkis. village comprises 24 small sec-' tions. 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 saw^ mill 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 j to Halcombe, Feildingi and] Marton, 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. Powxes, Hunter street, Wellington ; or if applied for by post or telegraph to Messrs. Halcombe and Shebwill, 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 month's: .■■:-.:■, 2. Deferred payment. Most of the rural land, excepting some special timber blocks and some of the larger suburban blocks, maybe 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 j at auction, the deferred payment price will be £5 per acre, payable on 30th June, 1884 ; the rental ss. per acre, 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 pajment of the purchase money. ■ . : , The Auctioneers can confidently recommend the above lands, or any of them, as certain to be profitable investments. The character? of the Corporation colonising arr angements 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 bonajide settlement promoted m every possible way. The lands now newly opened and offered for sale are quite equal m position 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 resulted froni the Corporation operations. H Feilding and Halcombe. • /••..'■ Efforts will be made to arrange with the railway authorities for special facilities being offered to purchasers from Wanganui and intermediate stations on the day iof. sale. ... For the week before the sale one or two coaches will be run daily from Feilding to Ashhurst, and also .to Cheltenham, by the new road, . and .every facility will be afforded ••"•• to intending purchasers, tp visit and inspect the different blocks.
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 35, 12 March 1879, Page 4
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