LAND SALE AT WAVERLEY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 14 July 1908, Page 5

LAND SALE AT WAVERLEY.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: On Friday, July 10, we l^eld a subdivisional sale of suburban land on behalf of Messrs Murphy Bros. There was a large attendance and spirited competition, every section, being sold under the hammer at the satisfactory average of, roughly, £71 per acre.

The Consul-General for America in New Zealand, Mr W. A. Prickitt, in acknowledging the many calls made on him on the occasion of "the Glorious Fourth," has issued a special circular of thanks. He rejoices, he says, in the era of good feeling now existing between the two great countries speaking the English language. He hopes that all future differences between these powerful nations will be settled by arbitration, and that they may always stand together for right, justice, and the peace of the world. It certainly augurs well for the future, he continues, to witness the .enthusiasm with which the great British Commonwealths are making preparations to entertain the American fleet, w£ioh will soon be coming across the , sea to greet them. "May the mutual goodfellowship and kindly feeling which will be manifested on this unique and remarkable occasion go far to cement the friendship of John Bull and Uncle Sam "