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North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2107, 3 February 1879, Page 3

Connell and Clowes.

VICTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY. fITHE abore Company is prepared to ■*" Insure Stacks, Threshing Machines, and Farm Prodaee, and to take all Fire and Marine Kisks at lowest current rates. CONNELL AND CLOWES, felO Agents.

"OLUE CLIFFS ! ! BLUE CUFFS ! ! THURSDAY, 13th DAY OF FEBRUARY NEXT. At 2 o'clock p.m. _____ « MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, TIMARU. Terms of Same: £5000 fall of the hammer ; £11,000 one month \ £10,000 December 31, 1879; Balance three years from date of tale, bearing interest at 7 per cent, per annum, paid half-yearly. ja29 J. T. FORD & CO. TILUE CLIFFS STUD SHEEP. WEDNESDAY, 12th DAY OF FEBRUARY NEXT. At 11.30 a.m. SHOW GROUND, TIMARU. wrrHouiltisEßVE. . Terms; Under £50, Cash ; over £50, ApproTfd Bill* at three or six months, with Bank interest added. ja29 J. T. FORD * CO.

THURSDAY, lJhw FEBRUARY. At the Mechanics' Institute, Timaru, At 2 o'clock. BLUE CLIFFS. BLUE CLIFFS. Li distant from St. Andrew's Railway Station 1 1 miles, and 22 miles from Timmru, with good metalled roada leading thereto. T T . F 0 III) AND CO. *^ * have been favored with instructions from the Executor* of the late Cbas. Meyer, Esq., to offer by public auction, On THURSDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, ' AT TIMARU, The above Magnificent FREEHOLD & LEASEHOLD ESTATE TOGKTHER WITH 22,000 WELL-BRED SHEEP. The Freehold consists of 8500 Acres of the finest Wheat and Grass Land in the muchfavorcd District of South Canterbury, 4000 Acres of which are in cultivation, bearing Grass, Turnips, Bap*, am 540 Acres in Grain, for which 20s per Acre Rental is paid for the One Year — tub-divided into 30 paddocks, with permanent water in each ; and 6000 Acres can be irrigated at a trifling cost. 28,000 Acres Leasehold in a ring fence ; sub-divided into 5 paddocks, permanent water in rach. Lease 11 years to run from May, 1879, next. As a country residence. Blue Cliffs has no equal in Canterbury. Splendid view ; large Pleasure Grounds, tastefully laid out, and greatly assisted by the natural beauty of the surroundings ; Water laid on to all parts of the House and Grounds. . - I Either Christchurch or Dunedin can be reached in Seven Hours from the Homestead. Auctioneers invite inspection ; and for further particulars apply to J. T. FORD AND CO. ; Or Mr CARTWRIGHT, nolS On the Station.

FRIDAY, 14th MARCH, 1879. At 2.30 o'clock. At Watson's Hotel, High street, Dunedin. To Capitalists, Speculate**, Farmer*, and Others.IMPORTANT SALE or 15,000 ACRES FREEHOLD, AND 16,000 ACRES LEASEHOLD, On the well-known BENMORE ESTATE, Southland, Divided into convenient-aisod FARMS of 200 TO 2000 ACRES. HE NR Y D RIVER ha* recived instruction* from Messrs J. and T. Mabto to offer for sale, at Wat•on'* Hotel, on Friday, 14th March, 1879, at 2.30 o'clock — The extensive and valuable property, known a* BENMORE STATION, Comprising about 15,000 acres, Laid off into Farms of areas ranging from 200 to 2000 acres each. Benmore is situated om the Main Line of Railway from Invercargill to Kingston, about 3*2 miles from the former place. The line skirts the property, and there is a Rail* way Station within half a mile of the Horn* stead. The land consists mostly of excellent agricultural soil, suitable for the growth «f any description of grain or other crops, and can, with the exception of a small portion, be all ploughed. Good road" intersect the estate, and, with railway communication close by, the imsition is rendered an admirable one for the despatch of produce to market. Benmore is surrounded by valuable properties, all being rapidly brought into a high state of cultivation ; and since the productive nature of the soil in the district has become sd well known, the demand for land in the locality is constantly increasing, with a corresponding advance in value. The Leasehold— consisting of about 16,000 acres, having four years to run, at the Government rent — will be divided similarly to the Freehold, each purchaser obtaining n piece of country of about same extent, "n^c Leasehold will bo given in, and as it is all commanded by the Freehold Blocks, tqe buyers of these will l>e placed in the advantageous position of retaining occupation hereafter alraoit on their own terms. Any person desiring to inspect the property can obtain a horse at Benmore Railway Station, provided by Messrs Maben, who will also be prepared to gire every assistance and facility for the same purpose. The proprietors have agreed to gire the following exceedingly liberal terms of payment, viz. :—: — 5 per cent, cash deposit 5 „ at one month 5 „ three „ £ :: SS-" jf^* 50 „ five „ ) 8 per cent., For Plans of the Estate, and all other information, apply to THE N. Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO, dcs Dunedin or Invercargill.

HUBBUCK'S PURE COLZA OIL On Sale at J S. ANDERSON'S. ja|7