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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 99, 4 March 1879, Page 2

WEDNESDAY, 2fini MARCH, 1879. .EEAT J AND gylLJi, Rural, Suburban, Town, and "Villago Lauds, in iho Feilding Settlement, Manchester Block, Manawatu. MESSRS. HAIX'OMBE & SHERWELL have received instructions from tho Directors of tlie Emigrant and Colonists' Aid Corporation to soil by Public iuction, at Feilding, Ml WEDNESDAY, the 2Gth MARCH, 1879, .Fivo Ilmidred Sections, comprising over 10,000 acres, being Village. Town, Suburban, anil linral lands, in Sections rarying from a Quarter-acre to 500 Acres, thus offering opportunities for profitable investment to all Classes—to Tradesmen, to Laborers of every description, to farmers wishing to make homes in this prosperous settlement; and especially to Saw-millers and Bushmen desirous of reaping a golden harvest from the Wanganui 'limber Trade. The following are the several Properties which will ho ollered for sale 1,—9000 acres Rural Land, in 41 sections, varying from 50 to 500 acres. This magnificent tract of country is the pick of the Manchester Block. It lies all in the Valley of the Orowa, is very level, is very well watered by several permanent creeks and by the Orowa River; yot 110 part of it is flooded, nor lias it an acre of swamp. It lies within 2| miles of Feilding, and within 2 miles of the railway. It is connected by a good metalled road running right through ir, with the town of Fielding and the new town of " Jshlnirst" on tho Mauawatu Gorge. Many of the sections are covered with very light bush, chiefly tawa; several, on the other hand are very heavilj timbered, with a large proportion of totara, and are as fine sawmill' sites as could be desired, Except with regard to the totara land, purchasers will have the choice of taking up any of these lands on lease, with right of purchase, on very easy terms, ll,—The Corporation portion of tho new town of "Asliurst." comprising ~ acres, divided into 342 sections. This is a sister town to Feilding and Halcombe. The town itself and the country round is being dealt with in the way of lorn fide settlement and roadinaking in precisely the same way as Feilding and Halcombe, Investors may therefore confidently look forward to a similar success to ihat winch lia; attended those who were so forti.uate as tc be the first investors in those towns. " hurst" is now connected with with Feilding by [a a good metalled road running direct through the Manchester Block, It is oil tlu main coach road from Palmerston to Napier The main railway line from Wanganui t< Napier runs through the heart of it. Tin traffic from a very large portion of the Man Chester Block, and from nearly the whole o the "Wanganui Harbour Board Endowmen Block, must converge upon this town, niu meet the railway at this point, and as, ii addition to the road lines completed, othe roads are now being rapidly opened in severa directions from it," Ashhurst" must be tin central depot of an enormous timber tiaile there being more totara in its ncighbourhooi than anywhere else in the Mauawatu. Thi town is the centre of the operations of th Corporation now, and must continue to b so for the next three or four years. Indcpen dently of its importance as a convenien centre for a very large area of country " Jshlmrst," from its proximity to th

urge wui 10 tnc meeting 01 tne waters ie Pohanguia andManawatu I'ivers, is 111 teresting aud picturesque, and as lias be equently observed by travellers in the Nap lack when passing through," It seems s] ally designed by nature for the site of apoitant town." lll.—Thirty [Suburban Sections of M combe, comprising 359 acres, the si tions varying in size from 5 to acres. This block of suburban sections lias be itlierto reserved from sale, It lies on t oundary of the town itself, within half lilo of the railway station, and is opened 1 goodmctalled road running right through 'he whole of this block is covered with go imber, either for pawing splitting or i rewooil;; and as this is the nearest ava ble bush to Ilangitikci and Wahganui tl imber on these sections lias a special vali ldependently of the land, which both f osition and quality can hardly be surpassc 'hesc sections would be an admirable inves lent for any working man. IV.—The Corporation portion of the Tow of Cheltenham, containing 89 tow and 5 suburban sections. This ia a reserved black on the Kimboltc load, on the boundaries of the Manchest ,ml Kiwitca Blocks. It is about 8 miles fro filing. The town sections mostly front c lie Kimbolton lioad, which is the main rot rom Foilding to the interior, and is mac mil metalled from Feilding through th own awl some miles beyond, The tow lections now offered arc quite equal, if n< lot superior, in position to those which i lie sale of the other part of the town a wee igo realised from £3O to £l2O the quartei icre. On the suburban sections which li iloiig the Kiwitea Stream are to be foun wine of the finest clumps of totara in th wintry. One large sawmill is now bein ireeted two miles north of this town, an Cheltenham must be the centre of a lavg timber trade, which the extension of th Kimbolton Iload is rapidly developing. V.—The Village ofStaiiway, The Villag comprises 21 small sections. It is situated at the junction of the Stan way and Makino roads, two of the mai metalled roads on the Manchester Block The whole of the country round this villag being occupied, an opportunity is offered b the subdivision and sale of this reserve fo the saw-mill or other laborers about to mak a convenient freehold for themselves, Th land i? clear of bush, and as the village c Stamvay ia at thc'junction of three metallei roads leading to Haleoinbc, .Foilding, an Marton, it is n favorable situation for a store a blacksmith's shop, a carpenter, and a fei other tradesmen. Plans of the several Blocks may bo ob taineil from C, P, Powlks, Hunter-stud Wellington; or, if applied for by post o telegraph, to Messrs Halcomde and Sheii will, Foilding, will be forwarded by lira post, free, to any part of the Colony. TERMS OF SALE. 1, Cash.—By which is meant a deposit o 10 pei cent, on fall of the hammer, tin balance payable at any time within twelvi months, and bearing interest meanwhile at' per cent.; but no interest will be charged i: the balance is paid within six months. 2. Dbfbmied Payment,—Most pf the rura land, excepting sonic' special timber blocks and spine of the larger suburban blocks, maj bp taken tip by the purchaser on deferrei' payments, in the form of lease, with right tc purohase, The terms will be 25 per cent, added to the price bid at auction, and payable on the 30th Juno, 1884, or at anj previous time, and meanwhile bearing a rental at the rate of 5 per cent, on iho purchase monoy, the vonlal being payable halfyearly in advance. For example :■ a block for which a cash prico of £1 per acre is bid at auction, the deferred payment price will be £5 per acre, payable on 30th June, 1884 ;

the rental 5s per acre, of which 2s fid must Vio paid at the fall of the hammer, All titles are under the Land Transfer Act, ami can be given -within a week after the payment of the purchase money. The auctioneers can confidentlyreeommend the above Lands, or any of tliem, as certain to ho profitable investments. The character of the Corporation colonising arrangements are now sufficiently well known to be a guarantee to purchasers that all the country in their neighborhood will be thoroughly opened by roads, and bom fide settlement promoted in every possible way. The lands newly opened and offered for sale are quite equal in position and aunlitv to nnv nvimi