THE MACKENZIE RUNS.
(By Telesjrnph-Press Association.) Timaru, February 28. There was a large a!tendance 'at the auction of leases of the Mackenzie Runs with homesteads. ) There were only a few bidders besides the nre.-.one holder.-, but these I'ew w.-r? keen" to set a run, and rentals were run up far above upsets. The present holders retain the runs swe ill the case of Glnilyoii. The upset and linal bills were, us follow:—Champion's -\"i;. -I upset .t:i,VI, final bid .KCfl; Whal'— Iwi'k I'liit, .£2lO mid .£370; Sawilon, ifilis and .£3211; Tis Kapo. -XISO and ..£33j; IJichnioiid, .£ii() and .tMO; I.ilybank.' .£1.1(1 -uid .t-HII; Mistake. fllllO and ,tl20; Mount Cook, XI.W and .CK; Wold's Xy. », ant and .C-lfill; Simon's P:i>s. 4J.'125 and .C-l.Ti; (.'lentauner. JrlOO and .C37S; ClciitaiineiNo. 2, .-£SO and .£11(1.- Olenlyoii, .£2.-]0 and »£GIO. Seiisulioual bidding occurred in two cases. Mount Cook, for which tho second bid by Mr. R. Uuthrie doubled the upset, but he went no further, and in the case of Glenlyon the bidding appeared to have ceased by tens at ,€3KO, when Mr. .1. T. Preston cams in with fifties and wore down Messrs. Dixoii Bros.,' the present holders. Two small runs at lTnkataramca Valley, between •".II and 5000 acres for 14 years, fetched big prices—.£2.")") and ,£lO7.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1064, 1 March 1911, Page 6
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212THE MACKENZIE RUNS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1064, 1 March 1911, Page 6
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