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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 38, 22 March 1879, Page 4

GREAT LAND SALE ! RURAL, SUBURBAN, TOWN and VILLAGE LANDS, IN THE Feilding Settlement, MANOHESfTER BLOCK, ; , :,,.;:; .yj/'.'v MANAWATU. Messrs. Halcombe & Sher^vill Hare received instructions from the Directors of the Emigrant and Colo- ; nists' 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 TEN THOUSAND ACRES, Being Village, Town, Suburban and Rural Lands, m Sections varying from quar ter acre to 600 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 v .to sawmillers and bushmen desirous of reaping a golden harvest from the Wanganui timber trade. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SEVERAL PROPERTIES WHI°H 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 is connected — by a good metalled road running right through it— with the" town of Feilding and the new town of " Ashhurst," on the Manawatu Gorge; Many T 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, 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. Ashhurstjis 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 Wanganui to 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 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 three or four years. Independently of its importance 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 Pobangina and Manawatu Rivers is most interesting and picturesque, and, as has been freqnently observed by travellers m the Napier ooach when passing through, '•• it seems specially designed by nature for the site of an important town." 111. 30 Suburban Sections of Halcombe, comprising 880 acres, the Sections. . varying m size from 5 to 40 acre 9. 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. The whole of \ this block is covered with good timber either for sawing, split- ; ting, or for firewood, and as this is the nearest available bush to Rangitikei 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. jpassed. These Sections would be an admirable investment for " any working man. IT. The Corporation portion of the Town of Cheltenham, comprising 89 Town and 5 Suburban Sections. This is a reserved Block on the Kimbolton read, on the boundaries of the Manchester and Kiwitea Blocks. . It is about 8 miles from Feilding. The Town Sections mostly front or the Kimbolton road, .which is the main road from Fielding to the interior, and is made and metalled

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 Suburban Sections, which lie along the Xiwitea 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 centre 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 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 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. Halcombb and Sheewill, 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 anytime 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 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 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, 188.4 ; the rental ss. per acre, of which 2s. 6di must ! be paid at the fall of the hammer. All titles are under the Land Transfer j Act, and can be given within a week after the payment of the purchase money. The Auctioneers can confidently recom--mend 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 way, The lands now newly opened and offered for. sale are quite equal m posi- . tion and quality to any other 5 part of the Feilding Block, and there can be no reasonable doubt that the same rapid and Buccess- • ful settlement will take place on this part of the block as has resulted from the' Corporation operations >>t Feilding and Hal-; I " combe. 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 of sale, For the week before the sale one or two coaches will be run daity from Feilding to Ashliurst, and also do Cheltenham, by the new road, and over}' facility will be afforded to intending purchasers to ■ visit and inspect the dijlerent blocks.

from Fielding through this town,