AGRICULTURAL A PASIQRAL SHOW. O MESSRS. BURNELL, BENNETT & SPROT are prepared to' cell, either privately or by public auction, animals or implements which the proprietors may not wish to remove. 1 As there may not be sufficient time after I the adjudication of the prizes, and as it' may interfere with the afra.ng.ernents of the show-committee to ho , d a sale on the j day, Messrs. Burnell, Bennett. & Sprot j have fixed on the foliovving indrning to cell by public auction any animals or articles which may be entrusted to them. To save the stock as much as possible the sale will commence at eleven'a.m. precisely. \ / Hereford street, Cbristchnrch, | 19th September, 1862. ; TOWNSHIP OF LEITHFIELD, ON TUE KOWAI. ; ! The centre of a large and improving agricultural district. "ijESSRS. AIKMAN & WILSON "*•*•*• have been favpred with instructions j from Mr. John Leith to sell,by public auction, at their rooms in Chi*istchurch, on the 21st day of October next (the day previous to the Agricultural exhibition), at noon— The Quarter Acre sections applied for in the above township. Leithfield, situated on the Kowai, and having the north road running through it, is in the midst of an extensive agricultural country, surrounded by Government roads, lertile land, and excellent water, —a succession of lovely terraces of the finest land, studded with gentlemen's seats and farm houses, stretch away from the sea towards Mount Grey and the other hills. A capital road leads to the beach, which being within a mile of the township, offers great inducements to parties desirous of sea bathing, and combined with the dry and healthy situation of the place, promises to be the great. summer resort., of the people of Christchurch and neighbouriner districts. The Windmill now on the. Windmill | road, Christchurch, has been purchased by the proprietor, and arrangements are being made for its immediate erection on a capital site, and already there are a, butcher, blacksmith, shoemaker, and post office, besides Mr. Leith's well-known comfortable Accommodation House, established within the township, arid the line of railway to the north runs within a short distance of it. I The place will be well supplied with firewood as the proprietor has bush in the neighbourhood which he intends to riiake available to purchasers, and superior clay for brickmaking purposes is to be found jini large quantitiesjn the immediate vicinity. The site of Leithfield is aiot^tofbeSurpassed, if it can be equalled, by; any.in the province, the air is salubrious, the situation sheltered and dry, and •the;larco increasing extent of land ..being cultivated in the neighbourhood oflFers a sure guarantee to tradesmen that they will there find a ready market for goods of all descriptions A plan of the towViahif) |een at the offices of the auctioneers', 'wlier/'sections can be selected and every iriformaMon . obtained by intending purchasers. Upset price £1210s per quarter acre. Sale at noon. Terms of payment easy. NEW IRONMONGERY /STOrST ' ECONOMY HOUSk / 5 ' r pHOMA3 W. GOURLIt & CO. I A beg to inform the public that they will open their newly erected premises in the Ferry road on Monday; 15th September, with an assortment of General Ironmongery, comnrishig buiders ironmongery, brassfoundjslfy, ."cfttpenters toos, md a great variety- of articles too numerous to mention in detail. ' | Further shipments expected from England, of I which due notice will be given. Please observe the address,— . : " ! j - ECpifOMJ HOFSJ, j Ferry road, near Litchfielditreet,/ j Cliristchurch. ' ' ■■ BIRDSEY'S BRITISH HOTEL, , Opposite tlie Town Hall, Christchurch; (Late of the Britisli • NOTICE.— Saturday's Tabb Will be DISCeNTrNUED for a short period during alterations! Luncheons will be povided at any moment as. on other days; every delicacy of the season will be furnished. JOHN BIRDSEY, Proprietor.
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Press, Volume III, Issue 74, 11 October 1862, Page 10
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