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Western Star, Issue 5, 13 December 1873, Page 6

o reptjki store. HTSNRY HOWELLS, General Storekeeper, Wholesale Wine, Spirit, and Provision Merchant. All goods sold of the best quality, and at cheapest remunerative prices. E aole hotel, OREPUKI, JOHN WILSON, Proprietor. Every Accommodation for Travellers. Wines, Spirits, and Beers, of the choicest brands. CONTRACTOR’S RISK. FRESH ‘TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Works until Noon of TUESDAY, 23rd December, 1873, for ' Contract No. 708.—Completion of the works for the construction of a timber bridge across Jacob’s River. Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of Tender obtained at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin; and at District Engineer’s Office, Invercargill. Tenders to be indorsed “ Tender for Contract No. 708.” The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender, HORACE BASTINGS, Secretary for Works. Dunedin, 2nd December, 1873. TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretory for Works until Noon of TUESDAY, 16th December, 1873, for Contract No. 842 Erection of Timber Bridge over the Waimatuku River, Southland. Plans and specifications may bo seen and forms of Tender obtained at the office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin; and at the District Engineer’s Office, Invercargill. Tenders to be indorsed “ Tender for Contract No. 842,” The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender. HORACE BASTINGS, Secretary for Works. Dunedin, 2nd December, 1873. FRIDAY, 9th JANUARY, 1873, At 11 o’clock. IMPORTANT SALE. To Farmers, Graziers, Capitalists, and Others. WINTON BUSH ESTATE, Southland. For Sale by Public Auction. DRIVER, STEWART, & CO. have been favoured with instructions from the Proprietor to sell by public auction, in the Long Room of the Club Hotel, Invercargill, on Friday, 9th January next, at 11 o’clock, That magnificent property known as SHAND’S WINTON ESTATE, Southland District, v of about 8 ACRES—subdivided into jVfvf vJ farms of sizes to suit purchasers ; Also, The present growing crops —chiefly wheat—which will be sold separately, before the . freehold. This fine property consists of rich alluvial wheat land, yielding forty to fifty bushels per acre. It is intersected from end to end by the Great North Road, and the Bluff, Invercargill, Winton, and Wakatipu railway, thus possessing unusual facilities for the transit of produce to the interior or to the Bluff, where vessels of the largest class load at the wharves direct for Melbourne, London, or elsewhere. The country between the property and Kingston having no available timber, enhances immensely the value of the forests of the Winton Estate. There are two Farm Steadings, about six miles apart, beautifully situated for gentlemen’s residences, and adjoining road and railway, which would make valuable homesteads for purchasers acquiring large blocks adjacent. The grain crops hitherto taken from a largo portion of the estate have been followed by artificial grasses, and as the soil has not been exhausted, but rather improved, the grassed lands, it is estimated, will fatten eight to ten sheep per acre. Mr. Shand—himself a practical fanner of much experience—having been one of the earliest settlers in the district, had the opportunity of selecting the very best of the country, and that his selection was made with sound judgment the result amply proves. The extraordinary crops produced by him caused such a rush to the district that the Government found it necessary to raise the upset price of Crown lands; but too late, however, to save any of the fine alluvial wheat lands in the Winton district, all of which have passed into private hands. Terms of payment will be very easy, viz. cash on fall of hammer, i by acceptance at 12 months j “ “ “24 “ | “ “ «36 “ bearing 8 per cent, interest, and allowing purchasers the opportunity of retiring the bills under full rebate at any time. For plans of subdivisions and other particulars, apply to * , • • THi AUCTIONEERS,