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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 117, 25 March 1879, Page 4

RE AT giLE, Rural, Suburban, Town, and Yillago Lands, in tho Fcilding Settlement, Manchester Block, Manawatu, MESSRS, HALCOMBE fc SHERWELL havo received instructions from the Directors of the Emigrant aiid Colonists' Aid Corporation to sell by Public Auction, at Fcilding, WEDNESDAY. «!-<• 26th MARCH, 1879, Five Hundred Section.', comprism? over 10,000 acres, being Village, r®, Suburban, and liural lands, in Sections varying from a Quarter-acre to SCO Acres, thus offering opportunities for profitable investment to all Classes—to Tradesmen, to Laborers of every description, to farmers wishing to make homes in this 1 rogperous settlement; and especially to Saw-millere aud Bushmen desirous of re.iping a golden harvest from the Wani L-anui Timber Trade. on

The following (ire the several Properties which will be offered for sale 1.—9000 acres Rural Land, in 41 sections, vailing from 50 to 500 acres, This magnificent tract of country is the pick of the Manchester Block. It lies all in the Valley of the Orowa, is very level, is very well watered by several permanent creeks and by the Orowa River; yet no part of it iB flooded, nor has it an acre of swamp. It lies within 2J miles of Feilding, and within 2 miles of tl:o railway, It is connected by a good metalled road running right through lr, with tlio town of Fielding and the new town of " ylshlmrst" ou the Mauawatu Gorge. Many of the sections are covered with very light bush, chiefly tawa; several, ou the other hand are very heavily timbered, with a large proportion of totara, and are as fino sawmill sites as could be desired. Except with regard to the totara land, purchasers will have the choice of taking up any of these lands on lease, with right of purchase, on very easy terms, jf.—The Corporation portion of the new town of "Ashurst." comprising 100 acres, divided into 342 sections, This is a sister town to Feilding and Halcombe. The town itself and the country round is being dealt with in the way of bona fide settlement and roadmaking in precisely the same way as Feilding and Halcombe. Investors may therefore confidently look forward to a similar success to that which has attended those who were so fortunate as to he the first investors in those towns. " Ashhurst" is now connected with with Feilding by a a good metalled road running direct through the Manchester Block. It is on the main coach road from Palmcrston to Napier. The main railway line front Wanganni to Napier runs through the heart of it. The traflic from a very large portion of the Manchester Block, and from nearly the whole of the Wanganui Harbour Board Endowment Block, must converge upon this town, and meet the railway at this point, and as, in addition to the road lines completed, other roads aro now being rapidly opened in several directions from it," Ashhurst" must be the central depot of an enormous timber tiadc, there being more totara iu its neighbourhood than anywhere else in the Manawatu. This town is the centre of the operations of the Corporation now, and must continue to be so for the next three or four years. Independently of its importance as a convenient centre for a very large area of country, "Ashhurst," from its proximity to the Gorge and to the meeting of the waters of the l'ohanguia Rivers, is most interesting and picturesque, and as has been frequently observed by travellers in the Napier coach when passing through," It seems specially designed by nature for the site of an important town." lll.—Thirty Suburban Sections of Halcombe, comprising 389 acres, the sections varying iu size from a to 40

acres. This block of suburban sections lws been hitherto reserved from sale, It lies on the bound try of the town itself, within half a milu of the railway station, and is opened by a goodmetaded road running right through it. The whole of this block is covered with good timber, either for sawing splitting or for firewood;; mid as this is the nearest available hush to llangitikei and Wahganni the timber 011 these sections has a special value independently of the land, which both for position awl quality can hardly be surpassed These sections would ho an admirable investment for any working man. IV,—The Corporation portion of the Town of Cheltenham, containing G'J town and 0 suburban sections. This is a reserved block 011 the Kimbolton Koad, oh the boundaries of the Manchester and Kiwitea Blocks, It is about 8 miles from Feilding. The town sections mostly front on the Kimbolton l(oad, which is the main road from Feilding to the interior, and is made and metalled from Feilding through this town and some miles beyond. The town sections now offered are qiiite equal, if not not superior, in position to those which at the sale of the other part of the town a week ago realised from £3O to £l2O the quarteracre. On the suburban sections which lie

along the Kiwitea Stream are to be found ~ seme of the finest clumps of totara in the country. One large sawmill is now being erected two miles north of this town, and Cheltenham must be the centre of a large timber trade, which the extension of the . Kimholton Hoad is rapidly developing. V—The Village of Staiiway, The Village comprises 2-1 small sections. It is situated at the junction of the Stanway and 'Makino roads, two of the main metalled roads on the Manchester Block. The whole of the country round this village being occupied, an opportunity is offered by the subdivision and sale of this reserve for the suw-mill or other laborers about to make a convenient freehold for themselves. Tho laud is clear of bush, and as tho village of Stanway is at the junction of three metalled roads leading to Halcuinbc, Feilding, and Marton, it is n favorable situation for a store, a blacksmith's shop, a carpenter, and a few other tradesmen. Plans of the several Hocks may be obtained from C, P. I'owlks, Hunter-street, Wellington; or, if applied for by post or telegraph, to Messrs llalcombk and Sher. will, Feilding, will ho forwarded by first post, free, to any part of the Colony. TERMS OF SALE.

1. Cash.—By which is meant a deposit of 10 pei cent, on fall of the hammer, the balance payable at any timo within twelve months, and bearing interest meanwhile at 7 per cent.; bnt no interest will be charged if tlio balance is paid within six months. 2 Deferred Payment. =Moat of the rural land, excepting some special timber blocks and some of the hrßer suburban blocks, may be taken up by the purchaser on deferred payments, in the form of lease, with right to purchase. The terms will be 25 per cent, added to the price bid at auction, and payable on the 30th June, 1884, or at any previous time, and meanwhile bearing a rental at the rate of 5 per cent, on the purchase money, the rental being payable halfyearly in advance, For example: a block for which a cash price of £4 per acre is bid at auction, the deferred payment price will be £5 per acre, payable on 30th June, 1884; the rental (is per acre, of which 2s b'd must be paid at the fall of the hammer, All titles are under the Land Transfer Act, and can be given within a week after the payment of the purchase money. The auctioneers can confidently recommend the above Luids, or any of them, as certain to bo profitable investments. The character of the Corporation colonising arrangements are now sufficiently well known to be a guarantee lo purchasers that all the country in their neighborhood will be thoroughly opened by roads, and bona fdt settlement promoted in every possible way. The lands newly opened anil offered for sale avc quite equal is position and quality to any other