SALE OF PAPAITONGA ESTATE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1192, 29 July 1911, Page 5

SALE OF PAPAITONGA ESTATE.

In addition to particulars of this sale, already published, Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows:—On Wednesday, in conjunction with Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., we offered this estate by public auction in the Town Hall, Levin, tho room being packed to tho doors. Mr. O. 11. Porritt, auctioneer for Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., conducted tho sale, and every section was sold under the hammer and was subject to keen competition. In fact the salo was ono of the best ever held in the district, the public fully realising the present and prospective value of good flat land, suitable for supplying nfilk and other products to the Wellington market. The whole estate averaged between ,£32 to .033 per acre. The following is a list of the purchasers:—

Section 1, 91 acres, Mr. T. E. Horrobin, .£25 per acre; Section 2, 50 acres, Mr. W. Tompsitt, .£2B 10s. per acre; Section 3, 50 acres, Mr. W. Tompsitt, ,£32 10s. per acre; Section 4, 50 acres, Mr. W. Tompsitt, .£35 10s. per acre; Section 5, 50 acres, Mr. W. Tompsitt. ,£35 per acre; Section 6, 50 acres, Mr. W. Tompsitt, .£4l per aero; Section 7, 30 acres, Mr. W. Tompsitt, ,£3S 15s. per acre; Section S, 25 acres, Mr. J, Hanson, ,£35 ss. per acre; Section 9, 25 acres, Mr. J. Hanson, ,£35 ss. per aero; Section 10, 25 acres, Mr. J. Boyd, ,£,37 per acre; Section 11, 25 acres, ' Mr. J. Boyd, M 7 per acre; Section 12, 25 acres, Mr. C. Olsen, .635 per acre; Section 13, 25 acres, Mr. J. Field, .£33 per acre; Section If. 45 acres, Mr. .1. Field, ,£3ll per acre; Section 15, GO acres, Mr. P. Mungavin, i-Mli 10s. per acre; Section 16, f>l acres, Mr. D. Sutherland, .C 37 nor acre; Section 17, SI acros, Mr. J. M. Johnston, .£27 15s. per acre; Section 18, 03 acres, Mr. R. A. Ronton, ,C 24 per acre. Seeing Hie trreat success that has attended this sale we would draw attention to the silc of (he lale Mr. J. Gar's Te Uoro Estate, comprising somo 1700 acres lvhic.h. will bo offered by public auction on September 0. This estate will be nut up into about GO sections comprising township sections, suburban sections and dairy farms.