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LATE ADVERTISEMENTS WEDNESDAY, 4th DECEMBER. PAREORA LAND SALE. ,|"ESSRS. J. T. FORD AND CO., ■*- (in conjunction with Messrs. WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, AND CO. and MACLEAN BROS.) have received instructions from the New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Limited), to Sell by Public Auction in Timarn, on Wednesday, December 4th next, 6000 ACRES 6000 OP THE FINEST AGRICULTURAL LAND in SOUTH CANTERBURY, Being part of the PAREORA ESTATE. 2500 acres of the above, or thereabouts, are situated in close proximity to the St. Andrew's Railway Station, on the Main Trunk Line, 10 miles south of Timaru, and the balance, 3500 acres, about 5 miles to the westward of that station, within easy access of Timaru by road and rail. With the exception of SGO acres in native grass, all the land is now UNDER CULTIVATION, including about 1150 acres under wheat crop 650 ~ ~ oats 54 ~ ~ barley SSO ~ ~ turnips 500 ~ ~ English grass 2500 ~ tussock land now being ploughed. To suit all classes of purchasers, the block has been carefully .' SUBDIVIDED INTO FARMS, varying in size from 20 to 200 ACRES EACH, Affording opportunities rarely to be met with for immediate and profitable occupation. So far as practicable, the present live fences have been adopted as boundaries, and many of the farms are already completely enclosed. A large portion of the land has FRONTAGE ON THE OTAIO RIVER, and in other cases permanent creeks and dams afford an ample supply of THE PAREORA ESTATE Is well known as one of the earliest and choicest selections of freehold land in South Canterbury, and as the portion of it now offered represents, for quality of soil, a fair average of the whole, the Auctioneers deem comment unnecessary, and would merely invite the attention of farmers desirous of acn uiring REALLY GOOD AGRICULTURAL LAND in the highest state of fertility, none of it having produced more than one grain crop. At the late Timaru Show, the iirst prize of cen guineas and the Association's gold medal were awarded to wheat grown on this property, and the samples exhibited gave the astonishing weight of 69|lb. to the bushel, which is a result probably unequalled in the annals of wheat growing in the Colonies. Terms of payment are unprecedentedly liberal, and are as follow : £lO per centum cash at sale. £4O ~ extending over two years, by instalments to be declared at the time of sale. £25 per centum at the end of five years from date of sale, £25 per centum at the end of seven years from the date of sale, all unpaid portions bearing interest at the rate of 64 per centuii per annum, payable half yearly. Lithographed plans will shortly be circulated, meanwhile full particulars will be afforded on application to the undersigned ; and for inspection apply to Mr. Andrew Turnbull, on the estate. AT THE SAME TIME AND P ACE, will be offered ALL THE UNSOLD SECTIONS in the RISING TOWNSHIP OF ST. ANDREWS, which, consequent on the immediate settlement of the whole Pareora Estate by industrious farmers and their families, is bound to become one of the most flourishing inland towns in the Middle Island. J. T. FORD & CO., Christchurch and Timarn ; WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, & CO., And MACLEAN BROTHERS, 313 Dunedin. MUNICIPALITY OF OAMARU. WATERWORKS LEAD SERVICE AND FITTINGS. . .LENDERS are INVITED for the -*- SUPPLY and DELIVERY of 35 TONS LEAD PIPING, with FITTINGS, in terms of Schedule and Specifications, to be seen at the City Engineers' Offices, Christ* church and Dunedin, and here at the Municipal Engineer's Office. Tenders properly addressed and endorsed, will be received up to 4 p.m. of THURSDAY, the 19th DECEMBER next. The Corporation may not necessarily accept the lowest or any Tender. By order. E. W. ROXBY, Town Clerk. Council Chambers, Oamaru, Nov. 27, 1878. 570 GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. IPPS' COCOA. I BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of th? jitural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around ua ready to attack wherever their is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."— See Article in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in Packets and Tins, and 1-lb., labelled. JAMES EPPS AND CO., Homoeopathic Chemists, j. 48, Threadneedle-street, and 170„ Piccadilly, e Works—Euston-road and Campden Town; London. 75 TOHN FOWLER AND CO. STEAM PLOUGH AND LOCOMOTIVE LEEDS, AND 71, CORNHILL, LONDON, E.C. Manufacturers of Agricultural Locomotiv Engines, Traction Engines, and Traction Waggons, And Every Description of Steam Ploughing Machinery. For particulars, please apply to our Representative, MR. WALTER M. NOAKES, (Who has recently arrived from England direct from the Works), City Hotel, Dunedin, and SuowjGbound, Oamaet/, §Q4

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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 821, 29 November 1878, Page 2

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 821, 29 November 1878, Page 2

Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 821, 29 November 1878, Page 2

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