AUCTIONS WOOD & CATHCART, LTD. IMPORTANT FERNSIDE LAND AUCTION of the WELL AND FAVOURABLY KNOWN DAIRY FARM "LILAC GROVE" 142 ACRES OF FREEHOLD LAND SITUATED FERNSIDE ROAD, RANGIORA HAVING BEEN FAVOURED WITH INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE OWNER, MR F. W. HANSEN, WE SHALL OFFER THE ABOVE PROPERTY FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ON FRIDAY, DEC. 16, 1966 at 1.30 p.m. IN OUR AUCTION ROOMS AT 140 HIGH ST., RANGIORA, UNLESS PREVIOUSLY SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY. THE PROPERTY IS TO BE OFFERED AS A WHOLE. AND IF NOT SOLD TO BE OFFERED IN 2 LOTS. LOT 1 73 ACRES 1 ROOD 4 PERCHES, SUBDIVIDED INTO 18 PADDOCKS ALL IN Ist CLASS PASTURE. IMPROVEMENTS: Sound W.B. Bungalow home of 3 b.r.s, spacious lounge, sun terrace, kitchen-dinette with additional detached office and bedroom, also on the property is a near new single bedroomed married couples bungalow and a small glasshouse. There is a registered milking shed and dairy. 20-stall feeding shed, calf house, calving shed and 2 Canterbury style pig fattening units and multiple farrowing house with power and water laid on. A feed grinding shed with overhead storage for 350 sacks of grain, a hay barn (3500 bales). LOT 2 69 ACRES 1 ROOD 20 PERCHES SUBDIVIDED INTO 6 PADDOCKS, 12 ACRES IN WHEAT, 18 ACRES IN LUCERNE AND PRAIRE GRASS, BALANCE IN PASTURE. IMPROVEMENTS:—
2 hay barns with a bale capacity of 3800 bales and 1 covered silage pit. This land Is heavy free draining soil capable of sustaining any type of farming and has grown up to 90 bushels of wheat. STOCKING: At present Mr Hansen is running 180 head of pedigree Jersey stock on Lot 1, Lot 2 being entirely devoted to hay and cereal crops. Butterfat production averages over 32,000 per year. This very productive dairy unit has sustained Mr Hansen’s "Lilac Grove" Jersey stud’ since Its inception to the renowned position it now holds in the New Zealand dairy scene. It is only very rarely that such an opportunity presents itself for buyers to be able to purchase such a well known unit, in this very popular farming district within 3 miles of the Rangiora Post Office. This farm has been described by a prominent agricultural adviser as Canterbury’s No. 1 grassland unit. PLEASE NOTE:—
INSPECTION STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT WITH THE AUCTIONEERS: WOOD & CATHCART, LTD. GENERAL AUCTIONEERS 140 HIGH ST., RANGIORA Solicitors: HELMORE SMITH VAN ASCH and BOWRON. .7475 RANGIORA WOOD J CATHCART, LTD., 140 High street. Phone 80. SPECIAL AUCTION SALE OF ANTIQUE, PERIOD & HIGH CLASS MODERN FURNITURE TO BE SOLD ON A/c. of WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, AT 1.30 P.M. FOLLOWING AUCTION SALE OF MR F. HANSEN'S "LILAC GROVE" FARM. Mahogany Bookcase (Early Victorian), Flame Mahogany Scotch Chest, Flame Mahogany Circular Bedside Cupboard, Mahogany China Cabinet (Georgian), Set of 3 Spanish Mahogany Dining Chairs (Early Victorian), 5 Assorted Early Victorian Chairs, Walnut Occ. Table (Serpentine top), 1 Large Carved Chiffonier, 1 Small Carved Chiffonier, 1 Oval Walnut Dining Table, 1 Genuine Hepplewaite Penbroke Mahogany Table, 1 Chest Table. Reproductions: Mahogany Carved 3ft Bed, 1 Walnut Lady’s Chair (Cameo Back), 2 Painted Bedside Tables, 2-Drawer Writing Bureau, 2 Windsor Chairs, 1 Sideboard, Pr. Brass Fire Dogs, Gilt Frame Mirror (carved), Pr. Gilt Wall Brackets, Mahogany Glass Fronted Sideboard, Small Kauri Scotch Chest, Mahogany Side Table. Mahogany Tallboy (with hand carved piecrust top), Mahogany Queen Anne Duchesse, Mahogany Occ. Table, 3 Gilt Framed Mirrors, Cheval Mirror, Oak Roll-top Desk, Mahogany and Honeysuckle Desk, Mahogany Love Seat, Maroon Club Suite. FURTHER ENTRIES INVITED. 7473 PROPERTIES WANTED ALL types of Homes wanted. We have Cash Buyers waiting. Ph 67-274 any time. Merritt. M.R.EJ.N.Z. MGF AKAROA: Older type property in need of renovating. Suitable for .accommodating two families. To £1350. Binns. Barber, and Keenan, Ltd., M.R.E.1.N.Z., phone 62-769.6874
AUCKLANDER on transfer to Christchurch and staying in a Motel at present is an urgent buyer for a 3 or 4-Bedroom Permanent Material or Weatherboard Home in Fendalton, St. Albans, Ilam or Riccarton. Possession in New Year. Cash transaction to approx. £7950. This is a genuine request. Please contact Upper Riccarton Branch. Riccarton Land Sales, M.R.EJ.N.Z.. Ph. 47-041; A.H. 517-793. 7667 A NICE Young Couple getting married at Christmas require home in any reasonable locality up to £4BOO cash. Please ask for Mr Milne, T. G. Healy’s. M.R E.1.N.Z., 67-095: A.H. 518-967. 7586 A VALUED client who is most fastidious is a cash buyer for a brick home preferably Ham He wants an established garden, a two-car garage and would not object to a back section. Contact Mrs Oldham, T. G. Healy. M.R.E.1.N.Z., 67-095; a.h. 4J-359 9161
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