SALE OF MURRAYFIELD ESTATE, WAIKAKA DISTRICT.

Otago Witness, Volume 26, Issue 2419, 26 July 1900, Page 33

SALE OF MURRAYFIELD ESTATE, WAIKAKA DISTRICT.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report having sold privately to Mr Wm. Scoular, on account of Mr David Murray, his well-known Muriayfield estate, being -sections 3, 4, 5, 15, -16, and 17, block 111, Waikaka; rural allotments 3, 4, and 5, of subdivision 32, block VI, Waikaka; and rural allotments I, 2, 3, and 4, of section 31, block VI, Waikaka, containing in all 1294 pcres (more or less) of good agricultural land, subdivided into 14 paddocks varying in size from 6 to 200 acres, and laid out as follows : — 180 acres in oat stubbles, 170 acres in turnips, 100 acres in new grass, 100 acres in one-year-old pasture, balance in grass from two to four years old. This fine property was originally part of the 'late Mr' Hugh M'lntyre'a famous Merino Downs estate, and ccitainiy it ,\vps one of the choicest blocks. It was acquired by Mr Murray -in its natural state &oinc 11 years ago, and since then' it has all been improved as above. The buildings, which axe good, were only erected seven years ago, and consist' of dwelling house of eight rooms, dairy, men's hut, woolshed, barn, implement shed, stable, byre, fowlhouse, sheep dip, etc. iMurrayfield is. most conveniently situated, being only three-quarters of a mile from Pukerau station on the main line of railway to Invercargill, and distant from Gore, "by good road, less than nine miles. Mr Scoular is to be corgratulated upon the acquisition of the Murrayfield estate, and under prudent management it cannot fail to prove a good purchase to him.