AUCTIONEERS. GUINNESS & LeCREN, LTD. TUESDAY, Ist MARCH. /~YUR Present Entries comprise— ■ 600 PRIME FAT LAMBS (various lota) - 150 PRIME FAT EWES (various Jots) '"■'• " " 100. RAPE LAMBS. Further Entries ' invited. GUINNESS * LeCREN. LTD., ..... Auctioneers. . .IMPORTANT PROPERTY SALE. THE WELL-KNOWN "ROCKWOOD" ESTATE, ALBURY AND PLEASANT POINT DISTRICTS, SOUTH CANTERBURY. I \J (ill conjunction with, the National Mortgage and Agency Coy., Ltd., Aahburton), have received instructions from the Trustees under the Will of the late Isaac Sargent to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION at Guinness and LeCren's Land Salerooms, TIMARU, op. SATURDAY, 2nd APRIL, 1910, Ab 2 p.m. 4002 ACRES, RICH : UNDULATING AGRICULTURAL . . .. And SHEEP FATTENING LAND. Subdivided into ' Twenty Paddocks by excellent Fences, .-- "well watered by permanent Springs and Creeks, " '202 Acres "are in Turnips, 140 Rape, 166 Rape and Grass, 120 Oat Stubble sown down in Grass, .565 one-year Grass, - 856 threeyear Grass, 432 -four-year Grass, balance in Old Pasture. ' The Land lies nicely to the sun, is clean and in great heart, being strong black soil on a clay and limestone and rock formation. Carries 4100 j-bred Ewes, and fattens all Lambs, 1000 dry Sheep,. 50 head of Cattle and 35 Horses; is capable of carrying 6000 Eweß; Lambing Average, 100 per cent., and the death rate is exceptionally low. The Wool Clip averages 81bs. | Grows 60 Bushels of Oats to the Acre, and heavy crops of Rape, Roots and Grass. "The Homestead is situated on a nice Sunny Plateau, well sheltered by Plantations of Forest Trees, and comprises a first-class Residence : of 10 Rooms, with Bathroom, Hot and Cold Water, Verandah," " WasE-house. Scullery, Dairy, Woodshed, and Storeroom, nicely laid .out. Flower and Vegetable Gardens, Orchard well planted with Choice Fruit Trees. . The F"arm Buildings consist of two sets of 4-stalled Stables,. Loosebox, Chaffhouse, Har-ness-room, Trap.Shed, Cowshed, Large Woolshed for Nine Shearers, Loft and Implement Shed; .6-roomed Cottftge, Sheep Yards and Dip. "ROCKWOOD" ia well known for its excellent .fattening , properties, all Lambs and Sheep ..teing turned off prims fat, and the' .prices obtained for the, Wool are,, amongst the highest at the Timaru Wool. Sales. v Is situate 1 mile from Cricftlewbod Railway Stajtion, 3 miles from Hazelburn' School, and 12 miles, from .Pleasan£>Point Saleyards. The Property must ..be sold in order to divide amongst several Legatees, and this offers- a,- splendid opportunity for Buyers to secure a first-class Farm, either for occupation or for investment. The Property.is well roaded, and very suitable! for cutting tip into Farms of 400 to 80Q Acre*;: Possession 2nd May, 1910. Terms and full particulars can be obtained from the Auctioneers, who will be pleased to show intending purchasers over the-Land.-GUINNESS AND: LeCREN, LTD. NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCY CO:, LTD. -In the matter of " Tha Land Trans- • • fer Act, 1908," and In the Matter of a certain Memorandum of ■ Mortgage Registered at Christchurch as number 68041. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ' Messrs Guinness and LeCren, Limited, will sell by Public Auction by order of the Registrar of the Supreme Court • (acting at - the request of the Mortgagee); at their Salerooms in Tii maru'on the l'StlTday of March, 1910, at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon ALL THAT PlECE'of.Land situated in the one rood -or^thereabouts being the western moiety, of Lot 32 on Deposit Plan 2069 .part of rural section 2683 and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 223 folio 101... - —-:-ii--- -. - ... ...-■. GUINNESS AND LeCREN, LTD., Auctioneers. AND RAYMOND, > Solicitors for the Mortgagee. f FOR SALE. ] t with- good SixShearing '"• Shed and Dip, well fenced in 8 paddocks, .close to one <*f : *i Canterbury's best : stock 'mar.kets arid handy to railway/ . A really good farm at'» very reason'aWb'prifee;"" Good reason' given for icaq. ACRESFreehold, close Ho railway, in 16 fields,' well fenced, water m and grain crops; as well as being ; splendid; Sheep; Country. The bnudings ire on the latest arid ' gp«t modern-type, being 8-roomed goose .- with> every convenience, .Shed, Stables, 'Barn. Cot, *»ge, . -Yardsy etc:- A. splendid ; chance ■■'■-. of. a•: fine place •*t - a fair '.phce.';'-?.' . v . • • i ' 860 i A<3BES!Freehold, with "good and i£**^-°- < kavirift .every: con- !._'-. ii --'"^ J y, School, [ by runP??"^ 0 ?a fptfjwill be to-give toK PJJffacrilars- ;i Don't iW-Xfraiii to . ;CSJlot:writer;-J :^.:: ■'.-<vi'-'s : :^M^ : : . i: Brilliant Poand Linoleums. KMiert. Qmekert. Brightest. 6d per ll^^^i:'^^;v^^i■>-".i/";!^^>-:'•^"^^'^^.■:v■;•
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14141, 26 February 1910, Page 8
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