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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2945, 1 March 1884, Page 3

Collins and Co. TOWN LEASEHOLD AND FREEHOLD SECTION, GERALDINE. THIS DAT, SATURDAY, Ist MARCH. WILLIAM COLLINS & CO. have received instructions from Mr Charles E. Thompson to Sell by Public Auction, at their Rooms, The Lease of Section 134, Borough of Timaru, having 5 years to run, on which is erected a substantial 6Roomed House and Outbuilding, now m the occupation of Mrs Bascand. Also, Freehold Section No. 11&, containing 33 perches, facing Pine and adjacent to Jollie and Peel streets, m the Township of Geraldine. Sale at 2 o'clock. 2-28 8477 REGULAR WEEKLY MARKET AND AUCTION. THIS DAT, SATURDAY, Ist MARCH. WILLIAM COLLINS & CO. will Sell by Auction, nt their Rooms, Potatoes, Sharps, Farmers Flour, Oats, Onions, Poultry, Sauce, Raisins, Box Teas, 3 Gent's Gold Keyless Watches, 6 Silver Watches, must be sold ; Boy's Knicker Suits; 4t Breech and Muzzle Loading Guns, sold for the benefit of whom it may concern ; assortment of useful Household Furniture, Singer Sewing Machine m good order, and a large assortment of useful Sundries. Sale at 1 o'clock. 2-29 8484 Hall and Meason. SOUTHLAND LAND. HAVING Sold the Southland Land previously advertised WE NOW HAVE SEVERAL OTHER BLOCKS FOR SALE, TOGETHER ABOUT 5000 ACHES, ON MUCH THE SAME TERMS, AND ADJOINING THAT ALREADY SOLD. In Farms of 150 Acres a,nd Upwards. THE LAND Consists of LOW ROLLING DOWNS, all Ploughable, with Permanent Streams m the Valleys, and is situated from five and a half to ten miles from three or four Railway Stations on the Main Line from Dunedin to Invercar^ill, co that Produce or Sheep for Freezing can be sent to either Market. PRICE. £4 TO £6 PER ACRE. TEEMS. The WHOLE of the PURCHASE MONEY may remain UNPAID (if required), for Five Tears. INTEREST Will be CHARGED at an EXCEEDINGLY LOW RATE, and if required, an arrangement can be made for NO INTEREST TO BE PAID THE FIRST YEAR. LIGNITE, making n First-.ilnss FUEL, is found almost everywhere, and as a Good BUSH (Reserved by Government), is within a mile of most of the Land (a License to Cut can be obtained for £1 a year), FENCING MATERIAL IS VERY CHEAP, as also U BUILDING TIMBER. We have Sold and been instrumented m Selling daring the last year, over 12,000 Acres, 3000 of which have been Purchased by bona fidt Farmers from this District, who are settled on the Land, and to whom intending Purchasers can apply for information. Among the settlers on the Land are the following well-known farmers from this district : — Mr irabez Allot, of Kingsdowu and afterwards Temuka. Mr Thos. Duffell, of Temuka. Mr Wm. Clarke, of Cannrigton. Mr W. Moorhead, of Bell and Moorheud, Otaio ; Besides a number of others. Within a short distance are Mr John Irvine, of Temuka, and Mr James Mcllwraith, of Home Bush. Iv this district Mr W. Westerbj, farmer, Landsborough's road ; and Messrs O'Connor and Prindiville, Seadown, can give jvery information, from having been on the land. Th^ following List, compiled from Government Statistics, shows the comparative yield of Grain during the hist four years m Canterbury nnd m the County of Southland. The latter only comprises a portion of the! old Pr ivinciul District of Southland, and does not include the Jacob's River District, the averages for which during the snnic period are — •VVHBAT. OAT 3. BAItLKY. 29.8 35.5 53.0 per acre. LOCALITY. WIIKAT. OATS. jBRI.Y. Area - age. A ' ca - j age. age. 18*>. Southland County 5,33" 25.0 :iii.254 32.3 2.5.7 Canterbury .. 193,734 23.0 1&1,7t2j 37.7 30.3 1881. Southland Comity 11,700 ft(i.7 3i,0111 30.7 3K6 Canterbury ..205,5(il 2:15 SI.'.'SO: 2ti.9 2.5.5 189:!. I Southland County 17,00fi 25.1 3:i,518 35.6 23.0 Canterbury ..237,015 21.3 ll:),370j 2J-.8 19.U 18Si. Southland County 28,058 24.7 47,700 37.1 33.9 Canterbury . . J49,103 25.5 !13 ), -IS'! 1!9.9 25:2 It will be observed thnt the aroa under wheat htis increased from 5^37 aores m 1880, to 23,95fi m ISB3, a clear proof that wheat will gro'v well ; for farmers would not sow it year after year unless it paii them. Wo nsk Farmers nnd of'icrs, especially Small Farmers nnd Contractors with Farming Plant-, to consider tho following facts : — That :v very few years ago land m the Timuru .District was worth only £2 nn acre, while now it would averngo neircr £10. That what has mndc it ineroase m value is settlement. That on tho small holdings they havo hero nil they can mako is n bare living, nnd that m ten years' timo they will bo so ninny years older, but no better off than they are new. Thnt they should consider vhether, m the interests of their families nnd their old nge, they would not bo wiso to sell their tinall high-priced farms hero, which cannot incronsci much more m value, nnel purchnse larger ones m Southland, off which they not only can make a better living, but which must increase m values ns settlement progresses, nnel lcavo them rich and independent by that means alone, nnd THE TERMS On which wo aro offoring the Lnnel Puts it within the reach of everyone. HALL & MEASON, TIMARU. PLEASANT POINT. MR I. L MORRIS, Stoi-okooper, Point, haa ">eon APPOINTED OUB AGENT, and Subscribers -will m future please cull at his Storo for their Papora. Mr Mobbis' rocoipt will bo a auflloient discharge of ncoounti pnid to rr'i-. o« behalf of t',c OIIIpo