LAND SALES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9446, 26 May 1898, Page 2

LAND SALES.

i — : ♦■ — ' \ Taihapf and Baetihi Seotiom. ,

The sale for cash of town and suburban -- > seotionsatATaihape ana Raetihi, held in. ' l Wanganui yesterday, l was on the whole-, ' most satisfactory. ' All the seotvbns were" not disposed of, but "it most' Wborna W* , mind that the Department ", were' "not" >' anxious to quit all: 'The town sections'; '? averaged about a quarter bi atLHofe.'^^t.-' Of the Taihape seotions'6iMown aid?7A"~, suburban.lots were disposed of.' The town r<> sections realised £765 ,105, qr an average of ; about £4 Bs. There -was keen competition" : for some of the sections. The "suburbans lots (73a 2r39p in all) Brought £345. The ' total cash sales were £1110 10s. Five reserves, offered at 1 an upset of £5, realised ~ £1812s v , v ', ,ij^vAt Raetihi 38 town and Utguburiban sections' sola. The former realised £479 \K10s and the latter; the average of whichV totalled 26a -lr ' 34p, £236 15V , The total ■„ cash sales. -were £716 ss. N > , •" . The net cash result of v the sales' £1826 - 14, 118 town ana suburban lots in all. - ■ ' . Two rural seotiona near Jaokeytown/ and Oroua Bridge were not applied for. , : Seotionß were secured at Taihape by 4 the Church of England and the Wesleyan ~- and Presbyterian Churches. .The same denominations, as also the Roman Catholic ' ' Church, purchased sections at Raetihi '

A number of village homestead seotiona i were also offered for application, and were, all applied for, as many da eight applications being received for the one' seotion. l The ballot lesulted as follows :^~ v " _ ,: Raettbi— Section SSO, H. Merson : 255,' ' ,256, and 275, S. Ingram ; 276,7, J, Merson ; * ' ,278-80, O, Whelah; '279, T. CobW 282-4, H. Punch ; 285-7,- T. O'Sullivan. " , Taihapb— Section 15', J. Caraody 17 J. Haggey; 2.0, T. Patterson; 23, P.--' Leahy; 24, T. Walker; 27, H. S. D. Homes ; 28, W. Bolton.

A country school committee not 20 miles t from Timaru spent three hours the other evening discussing the momentgus "ernes- ' tlon, " Is it part of the duty of the teacher / of the school to wind up the clock?" - '