ASHBURTON LAND SALES.

Press, Volume V, Issue 13598, 6 December 1909, Page 8

ASHBURTON LAND SALES.

At their West street sale rooms, on Saturday afternoon, Messrs Friediander Bros., in conjunction with the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, offered at public auction, on account of tho trustees in the estate of

the late Mr John Brown, wv______l able farn* atusted __"__! Wakanui district. There wL fSHIi large attendance, the kreeaT ___11_ which has.attended any landi_CT_| district since the balknre of_S__l Mr Duncan Cameron's Sprine_»S_ll tate was submitted to auction ke«n interest was taken in t£*JSP*' The first lot nut up was 97 acff3__3 14 perches, known as JoveiV ___*3§i Out of the o 97 acres "*> ST*J_RS& wheat. Bidding started It fibSS A bid of £34 10s an acre, oHsS'. of the trustees, was then _**>_•__ i which price it was passed m . fiftS-* Homestead block of 111 perches, with house and stahfe t£n_P' was then submitted. Of .thus, JfiS_C are v. wheat, 19 acres in oats, balance m one-year-old grass. __ __§* also started at £30 an acre, rapid b,<_ reached £35, at *&<_%£&* Mr James Rcddeliffe became tb*B_f' chaser. Th e homestead farm acres, on which is erected a good fca_£*§ stabling, implement shed and outim2_# rags, was next offered. Of thit___i acres are in wheat, one acre in and half an acre in potatoes. ___£& speedily went from £30 up to £Ss2§ acre and finally it was nuaed j* Jig £3o los an acre, this bid being «» _._ half of the trustees. '11 Mewrs Frirdlander Bros, then abtatl or. behalf of M r John Crow a f«ta_l 108 acres 22 perches, with a fivJ»_J_l house, stable, and outbuildings, «"t__|l| on Graham's road, near TinwaH fill this. 50 acres are m wheat, 24 *er__"_ oats, half an acre in potatoes, and S3 acres in grass. This was start«d_i_ t %™ .of £30 an acre and v*2sS!& _ __ te -i« Anotl _ r f__ of 105 55 S 3 roods 12 perches, fronting o_!8&. veyor s road, was pa_ed in at £!___&( aero. " <r*£ __ Mr _. H .- Stephenson sold, on behalf _* Mrs Bright, three-quarters of »__2: of land, with cottage of four *___ ~ t S situated on tbe Alford Forest w_Z__r*s Mr Sarney, for £250. >