SALE OF OPUNAKE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 73, 22 December 1880, Page 3

SALE OF OPUNAKE.

The sale of the Opunake township commenced at 2 p.m. All the sections were sold, and some fetched handsome prices, Mr. J. Grosser, hobelkeeper, Hawera, having paid £81 for one section. Several members of the A.C. Force were in, and bid eagerly for some of the allotments. The harbor township of the Plains is evidently looked upon as a good spec, for whilst most of those who purchased sections at Manaia are likely to build there within the next year or two, it is probable that the money has been sunk at Opunake more in the nature of an investment. The sections averaged about a quarter of an acre each. Messrs. Middleton Bros., Emanuel Bayly, and T. Espagne, had protected improvements on section 3, block XXXII., section 7, block X.XKZL, aa<2 scctha i, h)<?cXr XXXTUX, respectively, to the value af j6l<j, £CA, and £200 ; but in each instance the section became the property of the present occupants. The following are the details :—: —

Block XXX.

.No. of section. Upset price. Price realised. £ 8. £ 8. 1 20 0 20 0 2 15 0 21 0 W. H. E. Wanklyn. 8 15 0 17 0 J. Honeywill, Wakefield, Nelson. 4 12 10 13 10 James Thomson, A.O. Force, WaihL | 5 15 0 17 0 Charles Jaruieson. 6 12 10 14 10 Martiu Bolger. 7 15 0 16 0 8 12 10 14 10 9 15 O 17 0 I 10 12 10 16 10 11 20 0 22 0 12 15 0 15 0 Freeman R. Jackson. Block XXXII. 3 20 O 26 0 4 15 0 17 0 Middleton Bros., hotelkeepers, Opunake. 5 20 0 35 0 S. A. Breach, grazier, Opunake. 6 15 0 18 0 John Coffey, bootmaker, Hawera. 7 20 0 22 0 EmanueZ Bay2y, storekeeper, Opunake, 8 15 0 21 0 Martin Bolger. 9 20 0 27 0 10 15 0 20 0 11 25 0 81 0 12 20 0 35 0 John Prosser, hotelkeeper, Hawera. Blocx XXXIII. < 1 25 0 58 0 2 20 0 31 0 JameSjiO'Sullivan, hotelkeeper, Kakaramea. 3 15 0 26 0 Adolphus Murphy. 4 12 10 16 0 I Benjamin "Vickery. 5 15 0 25 0 Charles Jamieson. 6 12 10 12 Io Anthony Nathan, contractor. 7 15 0 20 0 j B. Johnson, contractor, Nonnanby. | 8 12 10 17 0 James Thomson, carpenter, Carlyle. 9 15 0 21 0 i Luther "Willy, contractor, Normanby. 10 12 10 17 0 James Thomson. 11 20 0 SO 0 12 17 10 20 10 T. Ecclesfield, storekeeper, Hawera. Block XXXVII. 1 15 o 18 o Elias Hughes Thomson. 2 20 0 25 0 Josiah Richards. 3 12 10 16 0 G. A. Taylor, A.C. Force, Opunake. 4 17 10 28 10 J. Richards. 5 12 10 16 10 Louisa Miriam Plumbridge, "Wellington. 6 17 10 28 10 J. Richards. 7 . 12 10 21 10 P. Healy, hotelkeeper, Boss. 8 20 0 33 0 . J. Richards. 9 15 0 18 0 0. Jamieson, A. C. Force, Manaia. 10 20 0 35 0 J. H. Cunningham, A.C. Force, Opunake. 11 20 0 25 0 12 25 0 52 0 Robert Clements, miner, Otago.

Block XXXVIII. No. of section. Upset price. Price realised 1 20 0 21 0 Walton Pell, contractor, Carlyle. 2 25 0 25 0 Theodore Espagne, Hawera. 3 15 0 15 0 TJjojmss "WL&la», settle*, Mamia. 4 20 0 38 0 J. H. Newman, storekeeper, Opunake. 5 15 0 17 0 George Norgate, A.C. Force, Waihi. 6 20 0 42 0 D. O'Sullivan, A.C. Force, Manaia. 7 15 0 15 0 J. Monri, laborer, Carlyle. 8 20 0 41 0 John Manson, draper, HoMtika. 9 15 0 16 0 Adolphus Murphy, clerk. Io 2o o 4o o John Manson. 11 2o o 22 o 12 25 o 58 o Robert Clements. Block XXXIX. 1 2o o 24 o Eobert Clements. 2 25 o 36 o John McPhee, A.C. Force, Pungarehu. 8 12 Io 13 Io John Prosser. 4 15 o 28 o Walton Pell. 5 12 Io 12 Io Anthony Nathan, contractor. 6 15 o 25 o E. Praser, farmer, "Waverley. 7 12 Io 12 Io 8 15 o 21 o Charles 0. Hawke, A.C. Force, Waihi. 9 12 Io 12 Io 10 15 o 21 o 11 17 Io 17 Io M. D. Dinneen, A.C. Force, Opunake. 12 2o o So o T. Baker, Sub-Inspector, A. C. Force