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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5835, 11 December 1879, Page 4

Auctions FRIDAY, 19th DECEMBER, IMPORTAN SALE or SMALL FARM ALLOTMENTS OPAKI PLAINS, MASTERTON. Messrs. ,t. h. bethune & co. have been favored with instructions from the Executors of the late Henry Bannister, Esq., to sell by public auction, at their rooms, corner of Featherston and Brandon streets, on Friday, 39th December, at 2 o’clock — THE OPAKI ESTATE, Consisting of 1] 78 ac:r:e3 of valuable aged CULTURAL LAND, Subdivided into 24 SMALL FARM ALLOTMENTS, Varying from 40 to 122 Acres each. This magnificent property, approached by a good metal road, is situated within two miles of the flourishing Township of Masterton, and about one mile from the proposed Railway Station. The land is of the very best quality, extremely fertile, and laid down in English grass, a large portion being under crop. The homestead on section No. 5 comprises dwelling house, outbuildings, &c., &c. The Auctioneers confidently recommend the above to the attention of capitalists, farmers, aud others desirous of obtaining first-class freeholds in the most flourishing part of the Wairarapa District. Intending purchasers can view the property any day previous to the sale. Lithographed plans are being prepared, and will be issued in a few days. TERMS LIBERAL. ABSOLUTE AND UNRESERVED SALE. SATURDAY NEXT. 2.30 SHARP. DECEMBER 13, 1879. RACEHORSES. RACEHORSES, MESSRS. J. T. FORD & CO. (Christchurch) have been instructed by the executors of the late J. W. Mallock, Esq., to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On SATURDAY NEXT, D£CEiraßßl3,lß79, At 2.30 sharp, The following well-known Racehorses, all in full work, and perfectly fit ; FOUL PLAY, Brown colt, syrs,, by Traducer, dam Fancy, by Tom King, out of Emmeline. Winner of many races, including the Tradesmen’s Handicap and Metropolitan at the last Spring Meeting. Engaged at Wellington and Dunedin. ON DIT, Black filly, 3yrs., by Albany, dam Gossip, by Traducer, out of Gitana. Engaged in the Dunedin Leger, Cup, and Publicans’ Handicap. Beown Filly, 3yrs., by Albany, dam Sludge, by Sledmere, out of Gitana. Engaged in the Dunedin Leger. Notice.—Absolute and Unreserved Sale. Remember—2.3o Sharp, On Saturday Next, December 13, J. T. FORD & CO., Auctioneers, Cashel-street. IMPORTANT SALE OF PROPERTY IN THE WAIRARAPA DISTRICT. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. TO be sold by public auction, in the course of December next. All that VALUABLE PROPERTY, consisting of—--1333 acres, or thereabouts, being the section 41 in the Moroa Block, containing 428 acres, and the section 216, Taratahi Plain Block, containing 905 acres. For further particulars apply to Messes. BRANDON & SON, ‘Solicitors for the Mortgagee. SATURDAY, 13th DECEMBER. IMPORTANT SALE OF SAWMILL AND FREEHOLD PROPERTY. Messrs, halcombe & sherwill, under instructions from the mortgagees, will sell at Halcombe, Mauawatu, on Saturday, 13th December next— That Valuable Property known as Lash’s Sawmill, situate in the town of Halcombe, within a few chains of the main railway line, with which it’ is connected by a private siding laid with iron rails. The property consists of—1. Steam sawmill, with engine 14-horse power nominal, planing machine, forge, &c.,'with all appliances in perfect working order and good condition, aud capable of an output of from 4000 to 5000 feet per diem. 2. Fourteen working bullocks, with all necessary gear, for which there is ample paddocking oh the property. 3. The right to the timber growing on 160 acres of land adjacent to the mill. 4, Freehold property consisting of 759 acres of land, heavily timbered with totara, matai, and rimu, all in the immediate vicinity of the mill and very easily accessible. The situation of this land, surrounding as it does the town of Halcombe. as well as its excellent quality, will give it a high value when stripped of the forest. This land is covered by first mortgages to the amount of £1750, having 3 and 4 years to run at 9 and 10 per cent. These mortgages will have to be taken over by the purchaser. The property being a complete and compact whole as a sawmill property, will not be divided, but will be sold altogether. The terms of payment are—so per cent, cash, and the balance in equal instalments in six and twelve months ; or, 30 per cent, cash, and the balance in equal instalments in 4,8, aud 12 months, the unpaid balances in either case being represented by bills bearing interest at 8 per cent. N.B.—The auctioneers can confidently recommend this property as a first-class investment. It is without exception the best situated and most compact sawmill property in the whole of the Manawatu County. Its position as the nearest mill to Wanganui, which is the chief local and export market of the district, gives it an advantage of from 6d. to Is. per 100 feet of timber over any other mill in the county. The greatest care has been exercised in the selection of the land for sawmill purposes, and a very large trade has been done by the . present proprietors in firewood and split stuff with Wanganui As there is no reserve beyond the amount for which the property is mortgaged, an opportunity is offered to the fortunate possessors of a comparatively small gum in cash of securing a magnificent property on remarkably easy terms. Sale to commence at 2 p.m. For further particulars, apply to Messrs, j Zohrab, Newman, and Co., Wellington; Messrs. Halcombe and Sherwill, Feilding; 1 or, to Mr, W. H. Lash, on the property.