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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4371, 16 November 1875, Page 4

I Salesby Auction. I : ?.'■'".',;. 'this"Pay...;; ';..■ ; " i JUNCTION/ Y ; A-R D S.- ; For sale; at the. Junction Yards, This Day (Tuesday), 1 ' '... ~...■. atl o'clock, : A <[\ VERY CHOICE FAT CATTLE, and : tlfc\y■ ■ 200 prime Fat Wethers, ; ex.' Go-Ahead,' from Waitara . 25 head Fat and Store Cattle, from Wangarei 50 head Mixed Store Cattle; from 2 to 3-year-old Shorthorn Bull, 3-year-old Calves, Yearlings, &c ; 12 Good Dairy CJows . 30 Longwoolled Ewes, lambs at side 300 Fat Sheep and Lambs Fat and Store Pigs, &c. HUNTER. & NOLAN. TO-MORROW. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c., &c., &c. M. JONES & CO. Have received instructions from H. M". "Williams, C.E., to sell by auction, at his residence, Eden Crescent, near Supreme Court-house, on Wednesday next, 17th inst., at 11 o'clock, THE WHOLE OF HIS HOUSEHOLD FTJENITUKE, Cooking TJ tensils, &c, Curtains, Carpet 3," Couch, Easy Chairs, Cheffunier, Lamps, Books, Ornaments, Wardrobe, Chest Drawers, .Bedsteads and Beddings, Toilet Service and Stands, Tables, Chairs, Crockery, Tinware, Cooking Utensils, Garden Tools, &c, &c. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS. CLEARING-OUTSTOCK OF A COUNTRY STOREKEEPER. M. JONES •& CO. Have received instructions to sell by auction, at their Kooms, No. 1, Queen-street, on Thursday next, the 18th instant, at 11 o'clock, THE STOCK-IN-TRADE of a Country Storekeeper, consisting of Prints, Shirting, Sheeting, Calico, Winceys, Diaper,. Hollands, Twills, Selecia, Ticking, Blankets, Trowsers (Tweeda and B r ole), Boys' Suits, Flannels, Coats, Trowsers, ■ and Vests; Shirts, Cloth and Felt Caps and Hats, Cotton .Hose, &c; assorted Sauces, Castor and Salad Oil, Mustard, Curry, Jams, Salmon, Lobster, PicVes, Painkiller, Pills, Starch, Blue, Cornflour, Cocoa, Chocolate, Tea,' Sugar, Candles, Soap, Kerosene, Vestas, C'othes-lines and Clothes-pegs; Crockery, Tinware, &c; also, Furniture, &c. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. TO INVESTORS, CAPITALISTS, SPECULATORS, MINING COMPANIES, AND OTHERS. IMPORTANT. SALE .'■''■ OF •' 3311 ACRES OF FREEHOLD AGRICULTURAL, PASTORAL, BUSH, AND MINERAL LANDS, INCLUDING THE JSIOWAI COAL MINES, MALVERN DISTRICT, AND WAKAEPA, In the Estate of Mr. I. B. Sheath. MR. CHARLES CLARK Has been favored with instructions from the Trustees in the estate of Mr. I. B. Sheath to submit to public auction, at his Booms, in t'ereford-street, Christchurch,, on Tuesday, Nov. 30, A LL that most valuable Freehold Estate, ~ i"n . comprising in all 3311 ACKES OF AGRICULTURAI/, PASTOKALi AND MINERAL LANDS, In the Maiteks District. : These really valuable properties, now most excellently served the railways just completed to Sheffield and' Malreru, contain over a large surface. Coal, Ironstone, Fire Cluy, Pottery Clay, &c, &c- ---• Aβ regards fhe COAL, the ahaft3, recently sunk have proved the seams to be of igreat thickness,.and the quality, after being practically tested, has p-6ved to be superior to any yet fourd in Canterbury, and according to. the Provincial Geologist's Report, "Can be fairly compared with tho best Coals of New South Wales." • With a view of affording a good opportunity to the several applicants for portions of this estate, the Trustees hare decided to submit the same to public competition, on the date above-named, and in the following order:— Lot 1-ON THE RIVEK KOWAI, comprising rural sections Nos. 371" am. 3713, co taining 1713 acres of really good Agricultural and Pastoral Land, with an excellent stream of water on same. These sections are those lands formerly in part leased to the Kowai Coal Company, whose success as a company was only barred by the great cost of carriage by road of this excellent coal, a .cost wnich by reason of the railway is now reduced to a very low charge. With Lot 1 will also be included about 26 ACKES OF BOSH LAND,

part of rural sections Nos. 4709. and 4503, both of which were early and choice selections.The following is an abridgment of Dr. Haast'a reports upon this coalfield, as per " General Government Gazette," Sept. 23, 1803, and Report of Geological Exploration, 1572, undertaken at the instance of the Provincial and Gemral Governments, namely: "Thirty feet above tbe river, where the drives have been put in, seven seams. f coal have been exposed, from seven inches to three feet four inches thick, and intersected with shale to the extent of over thirty-four feet;" and as this ir vestigation, undertaken on behalf of the Provincial Government, has shewn that wo bavo here only the outcropping end or edge of the coal basin, it would be i:nwise to begin to work the coal at such a spot, because/.the sCHuisare not of that regularity which we may expect to find more towards the centre of the basin, and if ihn coal-bearing strata shew such a well-developed character, there can bo no doubt that by boring in the direction indicated, we may meet with larger scams of coal regularly striking and dippiug at a much smaller and more workable angle, and as this coalfield is of importance not only to Christchurch alone, but to the whole of I\' ew Zealand, the expense of thoroughly efficient borings could not be considered lost even if the results did not answer our jusr, expectations. The coal has been piactically tested, and its value for steam and forging purposes fully proved. (See Analysis Reports of Geo. Explorations by I'r. Hector, 1871-2.) Dr. Haast further jtntcs, at p. 142 of the Geo. Reports, IS7I, in reference to the Kowai Coal Miues, as follows, namely :—" In the year IS6I. I made a minute examination of that locality, in which I was materially assisted by the escavatiou 11 several drives. The results were embodied in a report addressed to tbe Provincial Government of Canterbury. I cannot arid anything to that report, and must still recommend that borings should bo undertaki-n towards tho centre of the fliit in ou'.cr to test the real value of the ground, as I think it most probable that good workable semis o! altered coal will lie touched mure towards the centre of. the flat country." Dr. Hector also states in same reports, p. 52, that "in addition to the localities referred to as jiel'Hng coal in tins very interesting district, ««vc!'!il others have been described by Dr. Haast; one of these, on the Kowai Hiver, is very accessible, aud the coal of good quality." The vendors have, therefore, every confidence in recommendiiif; this valuable < state to the favourable notice of intending pnr-cliKs-rs, as they have reason to believe out, that vast coal-bearing and other valuable niiiioiul strata will be found to underlie the whole of the property representing a large amount of weath, which niny be sucos-fully developed in the hands of capitalists or a mining and agricultural company. jN'.B.— .-luuiia tliis properly not be sold as a whole, it will bo offered in 20 Lt'TS, AS PKR PLAN. Lot 2—ON TIU'J UAWK.IXS, comprising rural FCClinns Koa. 37ir> >.nd 705:2 of 310 acres, ti-gether with about 14 acres of BUSH LAND on tin , Kowai. These l:unls, which are fenced in, subdivided into paddocks, par.ly laid down in English B'.":iS-. or :a'C uiiclcr cultivation, have Ijeen l-'iig favourably known ;is J I BSOK'S C<>\L ]-'IKLI.>B, now being thoroughly oi ened o\u to meet tb<; increased requirement; consequent on tlio completion of the Ilvihvay. This Properly is leased to Mr. J'bson. upon very good terms for any ln\cstor, boili ks regards tlin yearly rent aud tha lioyall.y upon till tho coal"raised; f"H particulars of which can be ascertained on inquiry. Lot 3. O' in prises 2js2 acres of LAND, consisting of rural seclion No. S7lO, situated on the Sou:h side of the Seivryh, supposed to contain a co.il Held. Lot 4—Comprises 006 acres of LAND, partly adjoining Mr. M'll:aith's coal field, now in full wurkiug tinier, mid partly adjoining tbe res rves for coal made on tbe Home B:ish Run, v'z., rural sections Nos. 3717, IGG3O, 10042, 19'J-:f3, and 19044. It is in t'iis last-named lot Hint, a Shaft was recently so successfully sunk, anil n largo scam of workable coal found ready to hand. ■With Lot 4 will also be incladed about 20 acres of Bush Land—selected years ago. :•■ : Further particulars, with official • analyses of the coal, &c., ruay be obtained from the Trustees, or from the Aactioneer. All seoking safe and most profitable Investments will do well to give due attention to this important sale. Sale at 1 o'clock p.m.