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Otago Witness, Issue 2511, 30 April 1902, Page 33

I AuctionsPRELIMINARY NOTICE. GREAT ANNUAL HORSE FAIR. WRIGHT. STEPHENSON. & CO. beg to intimate to the breeders and owners of horses in Otago and Southland that their Eleventh Annual Horse Fair, held under the auspices of the Otago Agriculi rural and Pastoral Association, will take place thi« year at the Dunedin Horse Saleyards, on 1 THURSDAY. 26th JUNE, wl.en will be offered A MAGNIFICENT SELECTION OF CLYDESDALE HORSES, from the leading breeders of Otago and Southland ; and, 1 On FRIDAY. 27th JUNE, will be submitted I A LARGE NUMBER OF HACKS AND t HARNESS HORSES. I Entries are now being received, and as j the older of f-ale will be in the order in uhich these come to hand, vendors who desire a good position in the sale should lose no time m sending in particulars to the Auctioneers. The Dimediu Horse Saleyards are unrivalled in the colony either in point of accommodation or as regards the facilities they afford to seller and buyer for the conduct of their business. Taking, place, as this annual sale does., at the ti-me of the Otago A. and P. Society's Winter Show (the- most successful function I of th^ kind in ?vew Zealand), ensures a-U 1 j attendance of farmers and others that it is ! j not possible to gather elsewhere, and in j ; consequence sellers have always obtained ' exceedingly gratifying results who have patronised this sale. j SATURDAY, 17th MAY, 1902, ; At 2 p.m. IMPORTANT SALE OF HIGH-CLASS FARMING LANDS. TOTHILL. WATSON, A CO. have received instructions from Mr G. C Tothill (who has d-ecided to reside in England.) to sell by public auction, a*" their Rooms, Esk street. Invcrcargill, as above, his \aluable and high-clas3 properties known as OAKLANDS AND TITIROA, Compiising about 2390 ACRES Of high-class agricultural land, in the heart of one of the finest agricult\ir.\l and dairying districts in New 7 hiid. The property (a large proportion of wheh ia in the highest state of cultivation, and in the pink of condition, parts of it being river flat land of the very richest quality) ib situated about 22 miles by rail from invefcargill. on the Invercar-gjil-Wairnahaka railway, the Titiroa railway station ha\ ing been erected on the property. There :u a po3t and telephone station on the estate, and a school adjoining it. There is a first-class creamery m full working order on the property, and the vendor has arranged uith the Imeicargill Dairy Supply Company (Limited) to guarantee the purchaser not less than 9d per lb for butter I fat for three years, thus ensuring to intending buyers a very profitable market for any milk they may supply. Nearly all the terrace land has been limed and subsoiled. with splendid results; indeed, this land has been mo=t generously farmed, and i» in magnificent heart. There is water in every paddock. j Ta-ere are about fourteen (14) miles of most substantial wire-netted, rabbit-proeif fences constructed with kovvhai or totara posts, netting sunk 6in in the ground, and two barbed wires. There is a bush reserve in the centre of j the property, from which settler.-, e-an get j fencing timber and firewood, and there is a lignite pit close to hand. [ The property is well served with gooc' j roadb, and there is a splendid gravel pit clo?e by the railway station. The areas are approximately correct, but will be accurat-ely defined by survey at vendor's cost. The Ti tiroa Creele iuns through tho whole length of the estate, and affords excellent troutfishing, j Lot No. I.— Allotment No. 2, about 548 ' acres, Tiliroa Homestead, with sroomed dwelling house. 10-atailed 1 stable and wfol-h^d, sheep yard«, ! hheop dip ; 2-stalled stable. with . loos^-bo-c. pigger.e-. windmill, ma | ehinery t,hcd, cow byre for six cows, etc . Tlii-i farm is all 111 tho hijrhe-t stare of culti\at ; on. and has 110 ac-ies of magnificent drilled turnip-. , on it i Lot No. 2.— Mlotment Xo. i, about 707 arrea. Oakland- P'staie, od uhie-li is situated a mo t beautiful homestead, | coinpn^'ng a huge two-storej dwl- , bug lmuif of ]1 r&oir* and baih- | loi.m, "-tables of 5 stalls at'd loovc | he..\ and biiKgv ibed", milk'-r--' cot ' ta<;e (new), foui 100 ms, si uIK-ry and outhoii-i's, substantial b^ i " for 24 i 'i* (iie\») I Lor No 3 - Allotment No. 3, about 220 | ue/v->. j)ui t terrace, part n\ei flat 1 Lot N->. 4 —Allotment No. 4. about 199 , ,i< rf-. part terrace and part n\er 1 fill I Lot No. s.— Allotment No. 5, about 190 ,i'-re>, part terrace and part rncr I flat. ' Lot N<- £>.— Allo'ment No. 6, about 258 acr^, part terrace and part river I flat Lot No 7.— Allotment No. 7. about 268 acres, part terrace and part rher flat, with 4 rocmed cottage Terms for Lots 2 to 7 . ' 10 per tent ca=li on fall of hammer j 12j pei cent, by promissory note at 12 ' months, | 12g pi 1 cent, by proim-sory note at 24 month, 65 pci cent by r-iom.Tsory note in fi\e years Terms foi Lot No. 1: j 15 p- 1 cent, on fjll of the hammer, 25 j per cciit in cuie month, balance- 1:1 fhe j c a 1 s . Inteie-st <m all urr-ud balances at 5 pci cent., payable half yearly. | *_ * 1 Full panic v ..!- aid plans on ap]Jicaiiein to TOTIIILL Vf-\TSO\. & CO, Imcuugill. Dr.iiCciiii, Goie, rii\i-i--u«l<?. and ■ 3 - Olfi.ui.au.