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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13490, 11 January 1908, Page 8

auctioneers. WEIGHT, STEPHENSON' AND CO. TO FARMERS. KAY E yuu bold Toui Farm '! Then yuii 'jte 1 nuking for a better, and here is just tlie thing. 560 ACRES FREEHOLD. At present leased Lo a tenant. About. 300 Acres Good Agiicultura? Land. Balance excellent Sheep Country. Splendidly -watered and sheltered. Within i-j- miles of Railway Station. Also Dairy Factory and T'owr-iship. New Dwelling of 8 Rooms, stable, Byre, Cartslied, Tomato-house, etc. PRICE—£3 per Acre. Easy T< Good reasons for selling. This is really cheap, don't- miss it. For full particulars apply to WRiGHT, STEPHENSON & CO HEAD OFFICE, DUNEDIN. And at Tumbull'i; Buildings, Timaru, Chrietcliurch, Oamaru, Gore, Invercargill, Kelso, Wellington and Auckland. . . BIRCHWOOD STATION, FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY. WRIGHT, STEPHENSON AND CO., LJU.. have received instructions from A. W. Rodger, Esq., who desires Lo return to England, to otfei* tliQ weltknuwu BIRCHWOOD .STATION, Comprising 13,230 4ORES FREEHuLD AND 9537 ACRES LEASEE OLD. For Sale bv Private Treaty in FOUR BLOCKS, Each a Desirable Property in itself, large enough to cany a. good flock of sheep and admit, of a good area, being un<kr cultivation. The Bircliwoiid Station, originally the property ef Captain Gardner, is> well and favourably known ai> a HIGH-CLASS property. The Freehold is all River Flats and Low-lving Ridges, and nearly all is suitable lor Cultivation. Some of the Flats, comprising several thousand acres, are equal to' the VERY BEST IN SOUTHLAND, and most of the Ridges are warm, sweet- country on limestone. The Leaseholois are good Pastoral Country, none of it having a. high elevation. 'l'he Stock carried -en- Birchwood tire Romney Crossbred* of a superior class and Stud - Romneys. Particulars of the Blecks are as • fol1. —HOMESTEAD' BLOCK. , 5500 ACRES FREEHOLD. 6530 ACRES LEASEHOLD. Of the Freehold, about 14G0 ACRES IS RIVER FLAT, 3250 ACRES LOW TERRACES, a, large proportion of which. is LIMESTONE COUNTRY, 850 acres lowhills (highest point not- mure than 1500 feet above sea % level), 171 acres in . oats, 56 acres turnips' and grass, 65 acres raised raised drill turnips, 1623 acres in -English grass, 485 acres surface • sown, 3400 acres tussock, of which two-thirds is good arable land. Subdivided into. 35 padducks. Highest, point on Leasehold, 1819 feet. Leass expires March, 1917: annual ri?nt, £4O 16s 3d. This LEASEHOLD ALONE CARRIES' 2800 TO 3000 EWES. BUILDINGS.—Large dwelling house, ,15 roonw; Manager's Hon-e, 8 rooms; large men's huts, stables, implement shed; woolshed, for 12 shearers, covers- 11*00 sheep, up-to-date sheep yard-.?, la-tge plantations. There k a considerable quantity ' of FLAX available, sufficient. to pay Rent of Leasehold. Homestead distant 11 miles from Nightcaps - Railway Station ; telephone in houtse. Price, £7 per acre for Freehold. Leasehold given in.. LOT 2. STRUAN BLOCK. 3740 ACRES FREEHOLD. • 342 ACRES LEASEHOLD. Freehold comprises 500 ACRES OF VERY RICH RIVER FLAT, balance low terraces, the bulk of which are on limer.fone; 60 acres turnips and grass, 60 acres oats, 1700 .acres English grate, 10S0 acres surface sown, 900 acres tu.Miock, all ploughable. Fenced inLo 20 paddocks. Buildings.—4-roomed house, woolished ■ for four shearers, with stable and. buggy house attached, barn, sheep yards and dip. The Struan Block make.- an excellent SHEEP FARM, carrying 3000 SHEEP: The lambing this- se.v.;on on the English grass war 97 PER CKXT., and on the terraces 90 .PER CENT. With, somo further improvements. I his Block ought to carry at leai;t 4000- sheep. Homestead distant 3 miles from Fehlwick School, 2 mileii from Telephone Bureau and about 6 miles from Orawia, P.O. There its on this Block a, large quantity of lime of a. verv high test, easilv extracted. Price, £4 15s per acre- for Freehold, Leasehold given in. LOT 3—MORLEY BLOCK. 2800 ACRES. FREEHOLD. AU RIVER. and LOW TERRACES; 125 acre* in oats, ICO acres young grass, 196 acres in turnips, and grass, 1046 acres in lingh'sh grass, balance tussock, all ploughable. Fenced and subdivided into 16 paddocks. BUILDINGS. —6-roonied house, hut, stable, and barn. Homestead 3 uiiles from Beaumont School, 2 mileri from Nightcaps Railway Station. Price, £5 15s per acre. LOT 4.—WAIRIO BLOCK. 1250 ACRES FREEHOLD. 2465 ACRES LEASEHOLD. Freehold is part- flat and.part undulating GOOD TUSSOCK, all ploughable. Highest point in Leasehold, 1000 Feet., Lo:iS2 expires March, 1917; annual rent, £Bl. Purchaser will derive the benefit of royalty on flax, of which there is a, considerable quantitv on the property. The Wairio Hill x EXCELLENT LAMBING ground, average PERCENTAGE over past two years, 93£ PER. CENT. Superior lambs come off this Block every year. Distant 3? miles from Wairio Railway Station, School, and P.O. Price £4 10s per acre for Freehold, leasehold given in. l'liiih-i- particulars and plans on application TO THE AUCTIONEERS, or any of their offices; or to: W. RODGER. !<>u.. lIRCII WOOD, NIGHTCAPS.