THE WHANGAIMOANA ESTATE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8404, 19 April 1907, Page 5

THE WHANGAIMOANA ESTATE.

A RECORD SALE. : EVERY SECTION SOLD. LARGE ATTENDANCE OF ~ BUYERS. E REALISES £101,484. Probably never in the history of the Wairarapa h&s a land sale at- • tracted so much attefftion as that of the well-known . Whangaimoana Estate, which sale toolc place, yesterday afternoon, in the (Foresters' Hall, Messrs Abraham and .Williams, Ltd., being the auctioneers. Long before the appointed tijrie for the sale to commence, the building was packed to overflowing, considerable interest being taken in the proceedings. Buyers were present from the South Is'and, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Manawatu, and other places. The audience wer6 decidedly enthusiastic, and applause frequently followed after spirited bidding had taken place. Every section found a purchaser,, and all of them were secured by Wairarapa settlers. The prices realised were remarkably high, and one well-known land dealer described them as "sensational.." The sections, in most cases, were . started,at very fair prices. As an instance of the competition, Mr 0. C. Cooper, who weilded the hammer, , stated that the first section (No. 2) would be sold entirely without reserve, and from a start of £6 per acre, it was quickly run up to'£l2. The value of the sections sold totalled no less than £101,484. The following is a list of purchasers and the prices paid for each section: — Sec. Acreage. Purchaser.' Price.

' £ s. d. 1 2, ,545 T. Kennedy 5 15 0 2, 775 Eli Te Awaiti 12 0 0 3 296 A. G. Pilmer 8 0 0 (4 314 ■J.Morns 9 16 0 .5 ' 339 J. Iorns £11 10 0 6 273 J. Gillies 11 12 6 n 175 J. Gillies 15 2 0 8 1 171 D. Graham 8 3 0 9 716 P. Dransfield 3 6 0 10 500 Eli Te Awaiti 8 0 0 11 450 Eli Te Awaiti 7 0 0 12 267 Eli Te Awaiti 11 0 0 13 158 Eli Te Awaiti 12 7 6 14 263 Eli Te Awaiti 11 0 0 15 130 Eli Te AWaiti 30 5 0 16 313 S. Cundy 11 17 6 17 151 S. Cundy 20 5 0 18 117 S. Cundy 26 0 0 19 128 S. Cundy 21 5 0 20 210 A. Reside , 16 10 0 21 145 .A. Reside 26 2 6 22 136 A. Reside 25 15 0 23 170 A. P. Whatman 28 •2 6 24 182 A. P. Whatman 28 2 6 25 148 A. P. Whatman 31 0 0 26 119, J. F. Heckler 15 0 0 30-40* 11 J. W. Kershaw 18 0 0 ♦Eleven sections. 1 :