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Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 307, 27 March 1878, Page 1

: JL. BIOJ.BBSST WILL BE B ACE IN HAf ER A BY THE Ist of April, WITH THE MOST Superb & Newest Winter Fashions, ALSO, AN ENTIRELY NEW STOCK OF GENERAL DRAPERY, AND MEN’S CLOTHING, Cheaper than ever. Motto : “EXCELS*©®.—Wlti 293 A. BROADBENT.

NOTICE OF LAND SALE. Provincial District of Taranaki. TOWN OF STRATFORD. IN or about the month of APRIL, 1878, Allotments in the ToWh of Stratford, situate on the Mountain Road, at its intersection by the Patea River, and distant 29 miles from' New Plymouth, 14 miles from Inglewood, and 17 miles from Hawera, will be offered for sale. The Town is situate on the line of the Waitara-Wanganui Railway, which is now open between New Plymouth and Inglewood ; the earth works are completed, and the bridges in course of construction, between Inglewood and the Mangarnawhete River— i.e., to within 9 miles of Stratford —and the bush has been felled along the railway line, preparatory to carrying on the construction from Mangarnawhete to Stratford, and a sum has been voted by the General Assembly for completing the railway to this point. The importance of the site selected for the Town will be best indicated by stating that at, or near, this point will be the junction of the Wellington, Auckland, and New Plymouth Railways. The site of the Town has been felled, and the sale is delayed till April in order that the bush may be burnt, and intending purchasers enabled both to inspect allotments before bidding, and also to commence building immediately after the sale, should they desire to do so, which would be impossible if the land was sold with the bush still standing on it. By order of the Board, C. D. WHITCOMBE, Chief Commissioner. Waste Latids Board Office, Taranaki, December 6, 1877.' 7(50-s-tc FRASER & TREGEAR, SURVEYORS. DRAUGHTSMEN, &c. •'■■■ -o— — Licensed under “The Land Transfer Act.” Surveys and Subdivisions of Estates.; Levels for Road Formations, Irrigation, &c., executed w ; th guaranteed accuracy, and at Moderate Charges. • Temporary Office ; Next Bank of Netv Zealand. Agents:. Messrs j. Strachan Greig& Co., Hawera Messrs Winchcorabe & Fortescue, Wairoa 186ag19

N 0 T I 0 E. Waste Lands Board Office-, New' Plymouth, February 12, 1878. IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned ALLOTMENTS of LAND, situate in the OTOIAOPAEU BLOCK, County of Patea, will be open for selection on terms of DEFERRED PAYMENTS* on SATURDAY, the 13th April next, at the upset price per acre placed opposite the number of each allotment respectively. ' ■ Applications to be made at the Crown Lands Office, New Plymouth, or at the District Land Office, Carlyle. Forms of Application may be obtained and Plans of the Allotments inspected at both offices during office hours. By order of the Board. C. D. WHITCOMBE, Chief Commissioner. Otoxa-Opaku Block. No. on Area. ■ Upset Price I79tc New Zealand Insurance Co. TAMES HIRST having been y appointed AGENT for the above Company, is prepared to do business on the most favorable terms-. 579 JAMES HIRST AGENT PATE A.