THE LONGBURN SALE.
KEEN COMPETITION. [Per Press Absocution ' Palmerston N., June 4. A land sale that created more than usual interest was held in the Empire Hall, Palmerston North, to-day, when the celebrated Longburn estate, of the late E. J. Riddiford, was offered for sale by auction by Messrs. Abraham and Williams. The hall was packed by nearly a thousand persons. The estate comprised 1651 acres, subdivided into 44 farms, ranging in area from 13 to 121 acres, and also 23 quarter-acre town sections adjoining the Longburn railway station. Every section offered attracted the keenest possible competition, resulting in all being sold, under the hammen. The farming areas realised prices ranging from £47 to £7O per acre, the' average -price being about £55 per acre. The sale can be described as. one of the most successful ever held in the Dominion, and at its conclusion the - auctioneers were warmly congratulated by the vendors.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 26, 5 June 1913, Page 3
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153THE LONGBURN SALE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 26, 5 June 1913, Page 3
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