RURAL, SUBURBAN, TO^N, AND "VlhiiAiQX ; •I^N^'S^ "^ ' •'. -■ •!' - v - ■ •, .INjTHE ' : ' : >■•■■■;■'•>■? •»»':*y\~'&rx7f. ;' .;"< ••"■• , ■■- ' '* . ■•• i . .-.••.'; •.'.'•'■■'■.ir.--;itr. ?,ii .fiu'ff-'^l;;'.-;- J " ; 'P'E r : L"i)-I N6 ' SET h'll B'N.-O*:^ !•*■•• -"^^^i? - •:. ... ... -. MANCKESTER^BLbcE, MANAWA^/rU™
'■ ; " ■'. ' ■'■ •.. 1 ■ ■ ' ' ''• >'' ; MESSRS HALCOMBE & SHERWILL Have received .instructions,. :from the Directors of the Emigrant' Colonists' Aid;.CorporatiOn, to sell by : PjU B L 10. AyOT 10 N • ■• i . ... - AT .•■-■ ■ ' .■■: ' FEILDING '•■ ■ '•-■'.'-•:' ON- *> .' : WEDSffesi) AY, ' ; 26Tk MifooHf ikffl^ • aud on the following day if necessary, ■•{< j : , .( Comprising, n - : ; ., \XpER ; 10,000 f ACRES^ wv s Being:^fillkge; Tb^fn^ 'Suburban, and .Rural I .:.in: ! ". Sections'"' ' li vai J yihg from % acre td 1 500' "acre's, thus offering opportunities for profitable inyesttnetnt to all classes^ - ,to tradesmen 1 , to' laborers of every description,,,- to .1 armers wishing to mako 'lidmes ; ift this '.Prosperous Settlement, -^and' especiaiiy fo saw-millers and bUshriieh desirous of reaping a fe olcteri harvest ™ from the Wanganui Timber Trade. The following are the several. proper* tJetti^-whl^'will'be offered for sale" J— I. 9000 ACiiES r .RU;RAL 1/AND, in 41 Sections,' varying 50 to 500 acres. This magnificent tract of country is THE PICK OF THE MANCHESTER BLOCK. It lies all' in the Valley of the Orowa, is very level* is very, well watered ' by several : perman ant creeks and by the Orowa Rivel 1 , yet no part of it" ia flooded, nor has < i^ an acre of swamp.. ,It lies within 2f ' miles" of Feilditi"gf' anci Within two miles of the railway. It is connected By a , gobd metalled road 'running right through, it, with the Town of ' Feildirig 1 "an^d the new Town of "Ashhurst" on the Manawatu Gorge. Many of the Sections are covered ; .with .very light biish, ciiiefiy'tawa ; ' sevbfal on the otiie'r hand are*"'very heavily timbered .with a large proportion of totar'a, and are 1 as fine saw-mill sites as could be desired. Except with regard to the totara land, purchasers will "have. ''the' btioico of. taking up any ' of these lands on lease, with right of purchase on : . very easy terras.:.. • ■-.<-. . ii. the corporation portion of the "new: 1 town;: of "ASHHORST;" comprising 190 acres divided ,iii;to ,, 342 sections. This is' a lister "town 'to Feilding and Halcombe. The town itself and the country round is 'being dealt with in the way of hpna fide ••' settlement' • arid ; roafl-'makirig in precisely the same way as Feilding ■ and. .Halcombe '; 'iuvestorsL . may therefore confidently look ' forward , toWsimilav suqeess^to that, which ". ■. l has']. attended those ' '.wlio ' were so . *fQrtunal;e..'as; ,to!.be tie. first investors 'in the. towns.,!: i " (/ Ash- .. , ■, : hursfc,^ J - l is , , flbjnf .cbnneetsd with ■'."..' Feilding by. , a .. good . mßtalled; road ... running direct •through; thejMan- . ,:chester Bldck .-It, is on thevinain . i>cqach-road : .<.'from'Palmerston to "Napier:- tr ' The - f main" -railway line 1 -from- Wanganui 1 "• tb : ' Napier "runs • r^hrouigfh :f -tHy heart" 'of 'it. 01 ;? The ' . traffic from a l very' largo' ■portion of : ' the ; ' Manchester . Block]' arid ;. ? ;from ''" nearly the ,,"wh ; oie. pf J '")Vanganui Harbor ' B^barcl Endbw'nie'ht Block must converge upon this town, and meet tne railway "at this point ; > • and 1 as> : in addition to the road lines completed, other 1 roads are being rapidly opened in several directions from it, "Ashhurst" . must be the central depot of an enormous timber trade,^here being : more ; tdtara^hi its; 'neighborhood than anywhere else in the Mahawa'tuV This town is 4 tlie centre of the operations of the Corporation "•<• -now, and must continue to be so • ■ ; -for the -'ne'xt :: three or four years;'; Independehtly of its importance as a" "cbii'vehierit ' cen'tre --f 6r > a very , large area of country,.:^Ashhurst," from- its- ! proximity to' the Gorge and . -to . -the, meeting of the , waters of' the Pohangina^ and ' Manawatu ■ Rivers, 'i 3 most interesting lf and picturesqne.r and,;as has been frequently observed by travellers in . the ■ Napier..; coach; w.hen , passing through, "it. -seems specially designeii by naiture for the/'site-of an important, town." 'j,X(' ; ' 111. 30 SUBURBAN SECTIONS OF HALOOMBE, comprising 380 acres, the sections varying in size' from sto 40 acres., Thiß block of ' suburban sections lias been hitherto reserved froni sale. ..It lies on the boundary of thei tqwn : itself, within half a . r niile . '•' of : the . railway station,; ivnd', is opened by a good metalled road running right through it. The whole' of thi3 . block is covered' with . good timber either for sawing, splitting, or for firewood, and as this is the nearest available' bush to Rangitikei and Wanganui, the timber on. these sections has a special value: ' independently of the land, which both for position and quality can hardly be surpassed. These sections would bo.iauja'dmnablq'in-, ves.tm»»nt,fpr any working, man • IV. The Corporation portion OF THE TOWN OF CHELTENHAM, comprising 89 town and. 5 subni'■ESTATE OF K. F. Mb'ItTENSEN. NOTICE; ; ALL Debts due to Karl Frithjof Mor-, ten&en, of JN'orsewood, Storekeeper, were by Deed, dated 10th January; 1879,, assigned to Messrs Newton & Johnson,-of Waipawa, who accordingly request all persons indebted as above, to settle accounts with' them without delay. „..„,. .^^ NEWTON & OH BTSOa, February 18, 1879. ' 809 JOEL'S" SPARKLING j\ UN BD I N ALE S * &)LE r; AGfMTS; vn B:A'WKE'SI •■•.&** 59 DJRANSFIELD b & A CO.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5338, 24 March 1879, Page 1
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