GLEN OROUA ESTATE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10613, 11 June 1920, Page 6

GLEN OROUA ESTATE

SUCCESSFUL SALE. TOTAL PURCHASE MONEY £110.159. Mr E. B. Saunders’s Glen Oroua property of 1100 acres was sold by public auction on. Tuesday, Bth instant, by Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., Fending, who disposed of every section under tie hammer. The total purchase money was £110,159. and the average price per acre .£lO3 2s 6d, _ There was particularly keen competition for the homestead section, which was purchased by Mr Walter Mills, of Pictqn, at £IBO per acre, and after strong bidding the same buyer also secured tho adjoining section at £152 per acre. Mr W. F. WelUvood acted as auctioneer. and conducted the. sale in a brisk and able manner. Besides a largo gathering of local farmers, there were buyers from Pahiatua Dunnevirke. Hastings, Pateij, Wanganui, Foxton, Pohangi, na, Ballance. and Picton. Bidding was spirited throughout the sale. The following prices were realised for tho undermentioned lots:—

Lot I—■3o acres, .£IOO per -acre, Mr 11. T. James, Dannevirke. Lot 2.-29 acres, £IOO v>er acre, Mr H. T. James, Dannevirke. Lot 3—31 acres, HI 120 per acre, Mr G. Redpath, Ridgelande. . Lot 4—40 acres. £125 per acre, Mr W. 11. B. Smith. Taikorca. Lot 5.-39 acres 0 roods 30 porches. .£lO5 per acre, Mr A. Mitchell, ICaiiau-'-'. Lot 6.-38} acres, £9O per acre, _L • i

Mitchell, Kairanga. Lot-7.—tOa lr 20p, £ll9 per acre, Mr ,N Foster, Foilding. Lot 8.—40 acres, £77 per acre, Mr V Jensen, Eongotea. Lot 9.—30 acres. .£73 per acre, Mr N,

Wagstaff, Pohangina. Lot 10.—36 acres 0 roods 20 "perches, -£B3 per acre, Mr N. Wagstaff, Pohangina. Lot 11.—1-3 acres, .£95 ncr acre, Mr H T. James, Dannevirke. Lot 12.—38 acres, £lls per acre, Mr 11. T. James, Dannevirke. Lot 13.—44 a2r 30p. ,£lO2 per acre, Mr W. D. Taylor, Pahiatua. Lot 14.—46} acres, £B3 per acre, Mr W. D. Taylor, Pahiatua. Lot 15.—10 acres. £BO per acre, Mr H. T. James, Dannevirke. Lot 16.-43} acres, £BO per acre, Mr H T. James, Dannevirke. Lot 17.—70 acres, £7O per acre, Mr H. T. James, Dannevirke. Lot 18.—35 acres. £IOO per acre, Mr W D Taylor, Pahiatua. Lot 19.—34 acres, £152 per acre. Mi Walter Mills, Picton. Lot 20.—68 acres (homestead block), £IBO per aero, Mr Walter Mills, Picton. Lot 21.—40 acres, £IOO per acre, Mr W. D. Taylor, Pahiatua. Lot 22.-453 acres, £lll per acre, Mr N. Wagstaff, Pohangina. Lot 23.-43} acres. £ll9 per acre, Mr JM. Foster, Foilding. Lot 24.—31 acres, £lO7 per acre, Mr J. H. Gilchrist, Palmerston North. XjOt 25.—40 acres, £BB per aero, Mr W. D. Taylor. Pahiatua. Lot 26.-39} acres. £BB per acre, Mr W. D. Taylor, Pahiatua.