THE OMANA BLOCK

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10561, 17 February 1912, Page 5

THE OMANA BLOCK

SUBDIVISION INTO SIXTY-FOUR FARMS. ■Settlers in the Wairarapa should be interested in the particulars advertised on page 8 of this morning's issue by Mr T. Mandeno Jackson, the well-known land and estate agent, . Auckland, of the sub-division sale j •of tho famous Omana. Block, fronting! the Northern Wairoa river. The property consists of 12,000 acres, and has been subdivided into 64 farms in various sizes up to 890 acres. It consists of rich alluvial flats, heavy yVolcanic limestone and sandstone lands., v and is nearly all in the best MnglishX grasses. This celebrated block of land (formerly the property of Mr George Riddel) has always been considered the finest block of land north of Auckland, which it is, containing over 3000 acres of the richest alluvial flats, equal to anything in the Dominion; originally it was all henvv bush land. The bulk of the estate is now in the best English grasses, and ready for "dairying, and the flats are equal to a milking cow to the acre. The property is well opened up with roads, and the local butter factory will collect cream daily. The river steamer calls daily at the Omana wharf, and the North railway is authorised to be made right through the property for n distance of six miles. The auction sale of the farms will take placo on .March 2!) th, at the Chamber of Commerce, Swan,son Street, Auckland.