LAND SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2299, 24 March 1898, Page 30

LAND SALES.

Messrs Siev weight? Bros and Co. report the sales by private contract and public auction of tbe following properties :— Sections 24, 315, 478, and 6751t, North Harbour and Blueskia district, containing 64 acres, toretber with dwelling tbei eon, to 51 r L. G. Fenwick at £750; allotments 16, 17, ]8, and 19, block I, towusujp of Sunnydale,_cotttainiug 1 rcod, with cottage thereoo, to a~purchaser; part section 4, block IV, Dunedin City, Manor place, contaiuiug 19 8 poles, with sixroomed dwelling house theieon, at £575 to Mr Major ; allotments 8, 9. 10, and 11. block 111, Jiu'kestowD, West Harbour, containing 2 roods I- 1 poles, with dwelling of six rooms, to Sir I". D Bamfield at a satisfactory price; allotments 56 and 57, township of Dai-ley, eoiitiining 2t poles, to My Tbomas Riddle ; section 50ft x 110 ft, fronting Vogel street. South Dunedin. with dwelling of four rooms, to Mrs Keany ; allolmeins 7f>, 77, and oarfc 74, 75, 7S, a»>d 79, extension, of township of Cil'on, to a purchaser; section, Braemar street, South Dunedin, and dwelling of five rooms, ■to Mrs Henderson at £190 ; part section 3S, block XXXTV, Dunedin, with dwelling and shop thereon at £225 to Mr Holmes ; allotment 14. block IV, South Dunedin. with three dwelling houses, at £376 to Mr G. Magorian ; section and dwelling of five rooms, Anderson's Bay void, at £-150 to a purchase/ ; also several small sections and dwellinss in South Dunedin and suiroundins?. The Faioiers' Agency Company (Limited) report having soln farms as follows :— On account Mr J. Rf Quian (Wairuna), 250 acres, three miles from Cliuron, at £7 per acre, to Mr Anthony Francis ; on account tba Dunedin. Savings B.ink, sections 5, 6, 7, awi S, block VII, Wendonsiile district, containing 969 acres, for £900 cash, to JVlr Wilson Hall ; ou account Messrs Bio-.vn and ftattray, section 7, Wairuna Downs estate, containing Ilia 2r 20p, at £3 15* T-er aciv. We have negotiations pending for several other properties. THE LABOUR MARKET. Mr Skexe leportß under date March 22:— Tbe demand for country people, s-hephev's, couples, ploughmen, harvesters, boys aud lads, etc., has bean healthy up to date. But now we have called a halt, and masters and men have thrown work and care to the wipds, and all aye determined to have a right good time in Dunedin celebrating tbe Jubilee of Otago. Town workmen — carpeutors, painters, etc.— are up to the eyes in work preparing for the great event, and town servants are at a premium. Wages kuep up to the mark.