Land Sale at Gore.
(by our own reporter.)
Bastings; Lea'ry, and Co., in conjunction with M'Ardell and Co. (Invercargill), Matson Iband Co. (Christchurch), and Canning, Green, and Souness (Gore), by instructions ;from the New Zealand Agricultural Company, offered a^uction a number of farms, town sections, and homesteads, in the rooms of the latter firm, at Gore, last week. There was a large attendance, and there weer numerous buyers for the township sections, the bidding in many instances being very brisk. The tirst allotment sold was a quarter-acre corner section in the township of ftiversdale. This was started at £20, and knocked down, after a spirited competition, amid much applause to Mr D. F. Monaghan, for £105. The bid for an acre section, in survey Wo. b. was disputed, and on being put up again it was run up as high as £33, and sold amid great excitement. ' Mr H. Bastings acted as auctioneer.., ,'., »,.;.,.,.' Appended are details of the kale :— I Township of Riversdale.-Block XI: Se* tion 1, £105; (section 6, £47; section 7rMft Block XVI: Section 7, £25., Block XXI ? Section 3, £26 ; section 4, £39; .section 17, £23 ; Bection 18,£ 22. Block II : Section 6,£2s. Township of Mandeville.— Block Xl^Section 1, £32 • section 19, £20 ; section 20, £20. Township of Oreti.— Block III : Sections 1 to 6, £10 each. Block I : Section 16, £10 ; section 17, LlO. TT _ Township of Josephville.^-Block III : Sec : tion 22, £24; section, 23,, £24 : , section 24, £24., , Township of Lumsden.— Block III : Section ' 2, £16; section 19, £17; section 18, £16; sec ; tion 17, £11 5 section 16;. £11 ;•■ section 15.- £9. Blopk VIU; secton 6, £14; section 7, £14: ■section 16 Wii section. l 7, £14X,f c V° n & ' £10."" Block 1 VII;,-' Section ,1, -£10. Block XmVSectioni, £14; S ection2|£l4 ,B octf VIII: Section22,i£lo; seotion2l,.£lo. Block XXX : Section 11, £13. , ._ t ' ■ Town : "of ■ GoreAßldck • 111, aectidn .10, , 22 ■ acss,,at £12.5s' per acre. IBlock ll,' section 17j ' s ! a,cr,es,' a't,£i4 los acre., , „, , , , \, . j Town Sections.— Extension suryey,, block; IX : Section 23, £19 ; section 24, £18 ; section 25, £21: section- 38,-* 2 .roods 21 poles, £21] section 37,£ 17; section^,' £33; section 45{ £21 ; section 44, £21 ; section 43, £18 ; sect on 41 JeiO ;- section £10 ; _ section .36, ,£9 \ section 35, £8 ; section 34, £8 ; section 33,*£8 : section 31, £9 ; section 32, £9. # „. . A 5 : Josephville.— Suburban section 74 (survey No. 17),'<100 acres, was sold at £8 10 a per acre. | - None of the Washpool land was sold. |j « For the free selection of a farm of from 100 to 500 acres of unimproved land over any) barb of the estate excepting- the" homesteads | 'and specially surveyed -land, £7 16s 6d per acre^ was offered, but the. land was withdrawfi for; private treaty. v j! \ > There was no bid for any of the hqme-; Bteads. . \i \
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Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 11 March 1882, Page 23
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472Land Sale at Gore. Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 11 March 1882, Page 23
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