FOURTH SALEOF THE LANDS of the WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED. ' Jmpoitant to the bona-fide farmer who desires to improve his position, or to put his sons on land that will mean a compo teiica to them. Important to the townsman who desires to secure a home in the country, so that '' liißdaya may be long in the laud." important to the capitalist who desires to secure a profitable investment for his capital, Important to the speculator who desires to share in the advantages of the rapid rise in value daily accruing through the sale and occupation of the Company's properties. Important to all those colonists who desire to see a happy and industrious people settled on the lands of the colony. Iu the EXCHANGE LAND AND MERCANTILE AUCEION ROOMS. Manners-street, WELLINGTON. ON FRIDAY- NEXT, JANUARY 13, -At 1 o'clock p.m. T KENNEDY MAODONALD and , Co aro favored with instructions from the Wellington and Manawat'u Railivay Company, Limited, to sell by public auction as above, about 12,000 ACRES of GRANDIAGRICULTDRAL and PASTORAL LAND, 'Situate near the township of Otuki, being the Blocks' Nos 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, of the Kaitawa'Survey District, subdivided into over sixtv sections, ranging in area from fifty-six acres to seven hundred and forty seven acres each. A number of the smaller sections are pure agricultural land, while the larger areas are part agricultural and part pastoral. They are splendidly watered, and the timber upon them is mixed tawa, rimu, etc. On several of the sections will be found magnificent totara; the wliolo of of the timber ÜBed in the Otaki Bridge, and tho sleepers required for the railway having beon cut from portion of the bush. The land is flatand undulating, undulating "and hilly, and soinn of the flats hava very rich river deposits, I'he soil throughout; is classed by experts as exceedingly good, the only stony portions being those oh which the totara is found, and the value of this timber for tawmill purposes makes tho l»nd upon which it grows exceptionally valuable. - All the sections are reached by partly cleared mads' running from the railway stations at Te Horo and Hautere, about 44 miles from Wellington, the centre of the blocks being about 2| miles from the railway stations, and thence in various directions throughout the blocks. Tho aim of the Cmpany being to sell their lands to bona tide occupiers, and so croate traffic for their line, high prices are not looked for; the Company, as a railway proprietary, recognising that a larpje and energetic body of settlers occupying high-class land, purchased at a low price, will be of more, permanent value to them and the community than if they sold a limited area at high rate 6. This result is already being achieved, a large number of farmers, sawmillers, and othets being in actual occupation of the lands sold by the company during the past eighteen months. Many hundreds of, acres of bush are now down ready for burning, and not a few of the previous buyers hays been offorod handsome protits on their, investments.
in order to increase the safcisfactovy result, the terms of sale are still fixed on a basis which will, we feel suro, be appreciated by all who desire to see the lands of .the country speedily settled. They are as follows • . DEPOSIT AT THE AUCTION SALE 10 PER CENT,, The Balance of 90 per cent, t« remain on mortgage for SEVEN YEARS, bearing interest- at tlio rate of FIVE PER CENT, per annum. In order to induco occupation and improvement, the purchaser will be required to enter into an undertaking to expend during the first three years by his own labor or otherwise, anamnuut equal to 10 pov cent per annum of his purchaße-money, or in lieu thereof, should he prefer to let his section lie idle, to to pay, in reduction of his purchase money, 10 per cent, per annum in cash, THIS TITLE IS LAND TRANSFER ACT. The Company havo arranged to. issue SPECIAL RETURN TICKETS at reduced prices. Between Wellington and Te lloro or Hautero return 3s; between Longburn and Te Horn, or, Hautere return 3s, and from intermediate stations at the same reduced scalo. Lithographic plans of the property showing each section in detail, and further paiticutars may . be obtained on application at the head offices of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, LamMon-Quay, • Wellington, or irom the Auctioneers, Messrs- T. Macdonald and Co The plans pan also be seen at the railway stitions, and at the office.of this paper. 2784 E. W. DDMAB RESTAURANT FRANCAIS. EUGENE W. DoMAS, (Jate Chef de •Oiiisine, Occidental Hotel) begs to inform tho geijtlomeu of Wellington that he has made arraangements to" ouen a Diuing; room and Restaurant, to Jbe called'the KeStaurant Frangais. at 67,' Jambton-qnay, opposite Evening Press office, on Monday, the 19th of December, K, W. D.'s previous reputation as Chef will be sufficient guarantee of his ability to ple>so the most exacting, Three courses One 6HlLLing. 2781 AMALGAMATED FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEMONSTRATION MTS, MASTERTON PARK OVAL, Anniversary Day. FULLPKuGRAMME and particulars with local papers of 7th and 14th January, 1888, or on application to E. H. Wapdington, Hon. Sec.,l J eu7-street. TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE MASTERTON DISTRICT. J* HAVE to inform you that I have cotnmeuced business as BUTCHER, and that my carts are now daily waiting on customers, I trust, by civility and attention, I may meet with your support. H. B, LATHAM, ,8777, MM.,;
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2795, 11 January 1888, Page 3
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