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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5411, 31 July 1878, Page 4

Auctions ... ....... WAIKARI VALLEY. FIRST-CLASS AGRICULTURAL A?TD PASTORAL ESTATE. NEAR EXTENSION OP THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, c. NOW ABOUT TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY GOVERNMENT. MR. O. P. BARKER (in conjunction with Messrs. J. T. Ford and Co.) has received instructions from A. H. V. Rolleston, Esq., to : OFFER FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, (Unlessjireviously sold by Private Treaty), At the Commercial Salerooms, Hereford-street, Next Messrs. Miles, Hassal, and Co .j ... ON THURSDAY, 15tu AUGUST, 1878 ~ THE■ EASTOOTT ESTATE, CONTAINING i 8035 acres 8033 OP MAGNIFICENTLIMESTONE COUNTRY ' : Admirably suited for ’ AGRICULTURAL AND GRAZING Purposes, situated in the Wailcari Valley, Eight Miles from the proposed Terminus of THE NORTHERN RAILWAY, Which the present Government, owing- to the ■ representations of , various deputations, has decided on COMMENCING FORTHWITH. The property has a frontage to the River Waikari, is all fenced with substantial sevenwire fences, and subdivided into TEN PADDOCKS, each watered by beautiful running streams, and is splendidly clothed with native grasses, capable of groat improvement by mere surface sowing. THE IMPROVEMENTS Consist of Substantial seven-roomed concrete house Four-stall stable and coach-house Men’s cottage Woolsbed for eight shearers, and Stable for eight horses 1 (combined) The necessary sheep-yards. THE STOCK Consists of 3600 iong-woolled sheep . 6 splendid draught horses THE FARMING PLANT Is really complete with everything required for the immediate and full working of the estate. THE HOUSE Is well and comfortably furnished. THE WHOLE IS PLOUGHABLE, With the exception of a couple of hundred acres or so, and is eminently suited for an agricultural farm. And as it is fully anticipated that the railway will be opened for traffic as far as Waikari EARLY IN 1880, So that it will be ready for carrying the first ' harvest taken off the property. There are NOW UNDER CULTIVATION—2QQ ACRES, ploughed for Oats 200 ACRES, ploughed for Rape and Grass ACRES, ploughed for Turnips Tho situation is warm and sheltered,, adjoining the freeholds. of Messrs. G. H. Moore, Buchanan, and Wade, Taylor and others, and the property ia already approached from the main North road by a capital Government ■ road. The Estate, with all tho improvements, stock, plant, and furniture, will bo sold as a whole. ..... . Immediate possession could he given. ; TERMS-;—' , 12J, per cent. cash. 12 J per cent, in six months. 12| per cent in twelve months. 12J per cent, in eighteen months. Balance on Mortgage. All deferred payments bearing interest at 8 percent. For further particulars apply to < C. F. BARKER, Auctioneer, Hereford-street, Christchurch ; ! Or, J. T. FORD & CO., Auctioneers, Christchurch. sale OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD " STATION PROPERTIES, j Situate in the Wellington Provincial District. j ON THE Ist OCTOBER NEXT, THE following valuable stations will bo sold by public auction in Wellington1. PAHAUA STATION, situate on tho ’ East Coast, and’ comprising about [ 19,000 acres of freehold land, ’ fenced, with dwelling-house, woolshed, and other improvements ; about 17j000 sheep, 100 head of cattle, horses, &o. 2. BLAIRLOGIE STATION, situate at Whareama,. comprising about , 16,000 acres of freehold land, fenced, with dwelling-house, woolshed, and other, buildings, and absut 12,000 sheep. Delivery will bo given after next shearing, say in January next. Tally of the sheep to he taken off the shears. ‘ For further information apply to ■ EDWARD PEARCE. ■ PRELIMINARY NOTICE. The Most Important and Interesting Auction Sale Advertised for Many Years Past In tho Provincial District of Wellington. % APR. R. J. DUNCAN has been instructed ' I.VjL' by James Gilligan, Esq., to give notice that at the request of a considerable number of settlers he will offer for salo by auction, within a fow days after the railway train runs to Feathorston, which ia expected to be in first week in September— The Township of WARDELL, About nine miles from Masterton, on the main road to Castlepoint ’ This township forma a portion of the farfamed and well-known property ’known as Abbotsford, Tauera, really tho only available site for a township between Masterton and Castlepoint on the main trunk line of road. The township ia now being surveyed, and lithographed plans are in course of preparation, and will bo ready for distribution in a few days. The terms will bo most liberal, PRELIMINARY .NOTICE. ~ Messrs, bethune & hunter win sell by public auction at the Odd Fellows’- Hall, Lambton Quay, Wellington, within six weeks from the present date— Town Acres Nos, 162, 164, and 166, divided into about sixty very valuable building allot’ments, having frontages to Wellington Terrace) Dixon Street, and to a new Street to be carried through the block. The Sections will have a frontage of about 30 feet by a depth varying from 60 to 70 feet. The now road wifi be formed before the Land is offered for sale, and the Sections will be all pegged off and numbered. This block of Land is situated+n the very heart of the City of Wellington, and in one of the finest and most commanding positions in the whole town. It can be inspected at any time. , - , • A plan is being prepared, which, when ready, can bo seen at tho Offices of tho Auctioneers, Exchange Buildings, Manners Street, Wellington, where further particulars may be ascertained. Terms liberal.