SALE OF DAIRY LAND.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 4010, 9 June 1920, Page 1

SALE OF DAIRY LAND.

THE SAUNDEiIS GLEN OROUA PROPERTY. I Yesterday Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. ottered at auction the Glen j Oroua property of Mr E. R. Saun-' ; ders. A total of 1100 acres, sub- • divided into 26 dairy farms, was ofj fered to a very large assemblage at • the Drill Hall. Every section was I sold, and bidding was brisk, though the prices realised were not quite up to the average of recent sales in j Feilding. It was evident that the i unsettled state of things generally in I the Old Country and also in NewZea- • land is beginning to have an effect on the price of land. The highest ■ price for the day was given for the [homestead block of 68 acres, the pur.chaser being Mr W. Mills, of Pipton. IMr Mills also purchased an adjoining block of 34 acres at £152. The lowest price was £73 per acre, for 39 acres, bought by Mr Wagstaff, of Pohangina. With an average of £102 ■4s per acre, the total realised for the property was £110,000, .-}'. ■ Following are The" details :— Lot 1, 30 acres, £100, H. T. James, Dannevirke. Lot 2, 59 acres, £100, H. T. James, Dannevirke. Lot 3, 31 acres, G. Redpath,'Ridgelands. Lot 4", 40 acres. £120, H. Smith, Taikorea. . Lot 5, 39a Or 30p, £105, A. Mitchell, Kairanga. ~ Lot 6, 38a lr, £90, A. Mitchell. Lot 7, 40a. lr 20p, £M 9, Nelson Foster, Feilding. Lot 8, 40 acres, £77, C. Jensen, 7 Rongotea. Lot 9, 39 acres, £73, N. Wagstaff, Pohangina. . Lot 10, 36a Or 20p, £83, N. Wagstaff. , . Lot 11, 43 acres, £95, H; T. James, .Dannevirke. ": Lot .12, 38 acres, £115, H. T. James. . "Lot 13, 44a- 2r 30p, £102, W. T. Taylor, Pahiatua. ' Lot 14, 46a 2r, £82, W. T. Taylor, PaTiiatua. . ' ' Lot 15, 40 acres, £80, H. T. James,, Dannevirke. Lot 16. 43a 2r, £80, H. T. James. Lot 17, 70 acres, £70, H. T. Jamea. Lot 18, 35 acres, £100, W. T. Taylor. Lot 19, 34 acres, £152, W. Mills, Picton. Lot 20, 68 acres, £180, W. Mills. 1 Lot 21, 40 acres, £100, C. Newman, Kairanga. Lot' 22, 45a 3r, £111, N. Wagstaff, Pohangina. Lot 23. 43a lr, £119, Nelson Foster, Feilding. Lot 24, 34 acres, £107, J. H. Gilchrist, Palmerston North. Lob 25, 40 acres, £88', W. T. Taylor. Pahiatua. Lot 26, 39a 2r, £88, W. T. Taylor.