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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5278, 23 February 1878, Page 4

Auctions THURSDAY, 14th MARCH. , THOSE VALUABLE ~ QUEENSLAND STATION PROPERTIES KNOWN AS \ 1 ■ 1. WARE A WARRA (Darling Downs), containing, ip -addition to the leased lands, about 26,500 Acres Freehold Estate; two miles from Telegraph and Railway St'a--.tions. 1 j’ • ; y. 7 7,e: 2rNUKINENDA (West Moreton), containing/abqut;l6,so6 Acres Freehold ; about thirty miles from .Murphy’s Creek Railway Station. 1 ... ~, , ■ i■■ 3. .NQRIiIANBY (West Moreton),' containingabout ,32,000 Acres., Freehold, eighteen - miles from Ipswich, and two miles from "the ; proposed Station at' Harrisviile. WITH ALL STOCK AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON. : S N KORGE HARRIS & CO. have been VDT ! favored with ■ instructions from the Managing Executor in the Estate of the late George'Thorn,' to sell/byi public auction, at their-rooms, 180 Queen-streht, Brisbane, on Thursday, 14th March, at 11 o’clock— ; The following . ' ! - ■ MAGNIFICENT QUEENSLAND STA- : TION PROPERTIES; viz,:—; ’ : No. I;—' " -■ : A WARRA WARRA, j - j 1 in the settled, district of Darling Downs, adjoining the well-known pastoral property. ,of Messrs. Bell 1 and Sons, Jimbour, and' being ;ofs the same , description of country, viz.. 11 1 1 ; • Plains, lightly timbered bpx, and myall forest, abundantly watered by the CONDAMINE RIVER , ' WILKIE’S CREEK COORANGA GREEK, and numerous 7 VERY LARGE LAGOONS. , . , The grasses,are of the, best fattening description, while ’salt bush and cotton bush abound. ; ...,THE RAILWAY , ;v , runs through the property, and the Head Station is only TWO MILES from-Worra Railway ami Telegraph Stations,’ and 28 miles from Dalby, the chief town of- this important pastoral district. . , . Trains run daily to 'and from the Station, and Brisbane, thus placing the market and shipping port within ten hours’ communication of the Estate. 1 ; - 1 , There are about 26,500 acres of picked Freehold Country, as well as the leases of the following Runs, viz.:— ; WARRA WARRA 1 , KOGAN ' : '"V; BRAEMAR -,-v i which give an additional 134 square miles of Grazing Country, all WELL WATERED, and mainly : " ■ ■ v , '" ' : BOX, MYALL,’ and: SALTBUSH. : THE IMPROVEMENTS are in every way sufficient and substantial, : and may /be enumerated as follows:—Situated in a paddock of 640 acres, and en the edge of a i . i. SPLENDID LAGOON, ■ i r teeming with wild fowl and fish,'stands the ; l , : HEAD STATION, ■ ' , comprising a large, roomy, comfortable residence of nine apartments, 1 - besides kitchen and servants’ rooms, bath-room (water laid on), orchard, well stocked with fruit trees, vines,' &0., vegetable garden,- stables, coach-house, loose boxes, and all other outdfflees necessary, to the full comfort -of the resident. Also,' comfortable overseer’s cottage; large store and meat-home, blacksmith’s -shop, men’s huts, engine-house, sheds, &0., &c. A CAPITAL WOOLSHED : is-just within sight -of the house,-and has pens ; 'andstahdsfor eighteenshearerW; rackahd pinion’ press, weighing" machines;' and all requisites for the wool season; shearers’ huts, sheepyards, &c., &o. ; and is enclosed in a small paddock. There ore also paling-fenced: cultivation and calf paddocks, 1 large and convenient stockyards, horse and milking yards. .7 . THE WASHPOOL, fitted with-necessary plant, including 8 h.p. portable engine, centrifugal pump, large tanks,' spouts, soaks,- -&C., 1 &c.,‘ is placed on a - NEVER-FAILING: LAGOON of beautiful soft water, acknowledged to be the BEST-’ON*THE DARLING DOWNS for -sheepwashing,- and- is about three-quarters of a mile from the woblshed. ' i The - Paddocks are : safe and conveniently situated, and the -Out-stations,-including overseers’ houses, yards, &c., &c, at j - KOGAN and BRAEMAR, • 1 - are all-in good order. The Fencing, which covers some 34 miles, is of a most substantial character, and nearly all new. ' i With the Station as above described will he sold- ■■■■ ■ ■■■■ THE STOCK, consisting of about, 12,000 Fine-woolled Merino Sheep, mixed ages and sexes, and a Milker's Herd of about 30 head of quiet, well-bred, and broken cattle. ■ .i, ; • There are also about 40 Horses, saddle and draft, Bullock Teams, Horse Teams,'&c., &c., and a full and. sufficient supply of station im-; plements for the working of the place. : It, is scarcely necessary, to say that the stocking is very, light, and-that the capabilities of the Station are up to at the very least i ; 40,000; SHEEP.-. - •- . . -■ : 1 In completing this short description :of a magnificent property,- the Auctioneers would simply point out the.fact thaty as a pastoral investment, there is NOT , ITS EQUAL ON THE DARLING -. DOWNS ■ for sale. ; The convenient situation both as to market and shipping port, the permanent water supply and fattening capabilities, together with the really beautiful site and choice agricultural soil, render, it good, all round, as a Fattening Station,".Stud Farm, or Fat Stock depot. ( The soil is well, adapted - for the growth of lucerne and other green feed, and there can |be little doubt that the water supply alone gives this property an advantage over all its neighbors, while the result of the , LATE GOVERNMENT SALE OF i JIMBOUR LANDS i (adjoining the Warra 1 paddocks), so eagerly contested for, is a sure indication;of the future of this valuable property. . Unimproved lands were bought at the above sale at-£llos per acre. ' ; - ’’ "‘I Bm 'The foregoing Station will be sold in ONE LOT at per acre freehold, with the leases and all improvements given In: " ■ The, sheep, milking herd, horses, teams, stores, working plant, &c., to be taken by the purchaser at a valuation in the usual’manher. ■ No. 2 ' 1 '■' : ' , NUKINENDA, . : . ' coutainingabout 16,506 AcresFreei hold'Land: —the pick of the wellknown E3KDALE Run—is situated’ in' West Moreton, on the eastern-slope of the Main Range, distant fro'mTpsvvioh about 60 miles -and pnly ’3O miles from Murphy’s Creek Railway Station, having- a telegraph station' quite handy. It ■ is a’most'compact property, con - 1 1 ' ’ Bisting of splendid cattle-fattening • country, undulating apple-tree flats, and ironhark ridges, WELL and PERMANENTLY WATERED by Maronghi, Maria, and Nukinenda Creeks, besides several la- - - goons, never known to be dry. The ■ whole of the country is - - FENCED IN with Wire and Top-rail Fences, • -and divided into Four Paddocks.; THEVIMPROVEMENTS - •are good, substantial, and quite up to the pre- ! sent requirements of the place. They consist mf a- comfortable ‘residence 1 built in.a rnC'at' picturesque and salubrious spot, and all necessary stockyards, men’s huts, &c.. &o. THE STOCK bohsists of about 1500 HEAD OF WELL-BRED CATTLE, and the usual number of Horses,Teams, Station Implements, &c.;&c." 1 • 1 ■ j ’’"'v,' : 1 The country is unsurpassed for its fattening; capabilities, and a Considerable portion being rich agricultural' soil, Lucerne paddocks, for topping up, can be 1 established with-a’ certainty of success. - 1 ‘ J - '- ! 1 '■' , ;