1,000 Acres for Sale. TOWNSHIP OF HALCOMBE, MANAWATU. MESSRS. THYNNE, LINTON, & CO. have been favored with instructions to offer for sale privately, one of the finest FARMS m this notably fine district. The farm is on a splendid metalled road, within _£ miles from ihe Railway Station and the Post aud Telegraph Offices. The Laud cons'ats .of 1000 acres of the richest desciipiion o. sol; about 800 acres a*e cleat-, aod sown with English grasses. Only lately 70 aces weve ploughed and sown down, and 160 acres of vi-. gin hush land have just been burnt off and laid down with tbe choicest g-'ass seeds. All the buildings, wh'ch comprise a good roomy house, woo'-sheds aod outbu'ldiogs, have been e-'ee'ed oi Hea .'fc • of Totara (the.most dtuable wooi'), aod stock-yavds, sheep-'ie-is. S,c, u*ve been erected, m the most substantial manaei-. The whole ol the I"Vm "s well fenced m, and has been subdivided h>io 9 suitable Paddocks. The\'e is a well-si oc"ked Ki.c-jen Garden and young Orchard. The p* % opeY".y is well wateved. The Bush now oa the la »ci is of a good valuable des-, iplJoo. The Stock, cousis '*i£ of 1000 h.v^e heavy Sbeep sod 150 Head o* mixed Cattle and 12 Ho'-'se'i, may be taken at a valuation. The- e is a da :l y commun'cauioa with the Capital. A pociion of the ••"•u-ribase mooey c?u remain on mo'-t^age. For further pa cticula. f, anu cavds to view, apply to THYNNE, LINTON, & CO., Foxi on & Palmerston. WEST WANGANUI COALFIELD COMPANY (LIMITED). West Wanganui Inist, Ne_son. . To be Beglstered under "The Joiot Stock Com pa-iies Aofc, 1866." Cao'Lal, £50,000, m 10,000 shares oc ! £5 each. 5a per share on a-..*.->Jic!-n.'oo. Cs onpllo ment, aud 5s per share at 'jole- valsof riot less iiian one moolh a 'let* V»e i-egis.cation-o? the Gompa.-y. •W4OVISIONA- DIBEOTOBYS Jcob Joseob, Esq., roe.*ch?at E. W. M'l's, Esq., inc. chant E. D. EoUs, Esq., Cb-e-Posr master F. E. Wv*sht. Esq. Ohistc-oreh Joseph Jo-Oiio, Esq., mec-oltaofc ' j _\'ic!-ew Toupg. Ecq. i F. i.K'ul', Esq., me.-chant i James Q-lUgrn, Esq. I Ho i. M. S. G are, M..L.G. A. de B. B -aide' Esq., M-ff.!?. John PJiimnei*, Esq. J J. H. Wadace, Esq^ J.P. Seeaiour Tho -oe Geo.^e, Emj. D.M."tntvi'e, Esq. Head-quarters of the Company to be at Wellington. BANKERS: The Bank of New Zealand. sokorioßS: Messi-s. B>*andon & Sons. A competent Geue.al Manager wi'l he appointed. J. F. _I Weight, ' Sec c! ary pro tern* The promoters, m offering to the public this most valuable property of one square mile of land (640 acres), held under; lease for twe,ity-one yeats at lsi per acre ■'••o_ tbe Naiire Lands G l o_'ttl"ss"o^e••, Nelson, do sb m the firm bel'ef fcbat tb'S coalSetd will be the source of a very ]a*'ge part of: the supply for the whole of the colony.- _J"*e coal is bette*- known m Nelson than m any other part of New Zealand, as small I radera have for many yea>s past been m the habit of supplvingthat ma-keb JVom "'th*is d'-fcrict to a liai'ted e:tent ; and tbe t-00l is so well I'.l-ed, that it. is undei'stood no.ie other would be used for domestic purposes could a constant supply be depeuded on. The promoters of. Ibis proposed cooipa ny hate at eoo-''de.*a , *>le erpense, fco prove beyond doubt tbe eristence be an eite : isive cool_"eld 3 sunk a shaft bo"t. driven on the coal on ma'u level sSrt. ;' put ia a bead'ngo" ,20rt., arid have a chauibev of " , .0' f fc. sqb'a'-e. The seam of coal is about st. 6>o. thick, v» ; fch a tendency fco i.iccease. Thee is a 1.0-horse power engine on the spot, ropes, "geaf, ' bOafc, bit ldlogSj &c.-j &c., now wo.'ki-og under ooly these' p'-ospecL.'og appliances., yet gei.ti.ng out f com seven to ten tons of coal per day; wb'le a main working shaft is being put' do.Vn. With very little add ' Lion to p-esenfc appliances, fully 100 tons per week" of the ce:d could be raised. The promote. *s are fully assu.-ed tbat the coal has only to be placed ia the ■various ma l'kefcs to be duty appreciated, Wifcli that ia view they have already several ear-goes on their way to this, poi-t.. so, t'bafc : tbe public can test tbe coal -and judge foi* themselves. All householders, hotel- teepß'-3, factors, and ofchei-s are eannestly invited to take shades m this company, that promises such undoubted success. It is captemplated, immediately after the foi-maLioa of the company, to purchase or have built one or more steam colliers suitable for the tirade. The West Wsnganai Inlet if said to be the best harbor on the.. West iCpasf ; : -tbfe bar is. uochangeabie, aod at high waip* has 16ft. ; at midt'de, 14ffc. j and at low.water not less than 7ft.' Jngi'ess aod eg ess can be had at all times: "The inlet covennga disiauce oc some nine or ten miles iv le-oguh, and from two to three miles ia b:-eadi<D, aod beiog acued on by the sea only, it is never subject to floods ; aod cooside;*»og its cojiigu ity fco all fche ce..ri,.'e3 of. ponPt'i'.-on, it is co'cu'ated tbat sc-'aw sieam col/'es.wi'H be eoa'o 'ed to make from £re to sir t i,) 3 per moult?. Toe p'-omoters rese- ye to tbe-.nselves 1400 p:.id-up sbai*e3 as ibeK' p-opo.-10-i oc this valuable coa'fie'd and pla.ifc. A ppl i.ca'.ioa for sbs s-es io be made to the Back of New Zealand.. WelV >s iio ""/ , "•■ a, various branches, and tbe offices o* ibe P ro-. ■v'sionalD'eeclorv ; oi* tbe Ageais, Messs.s. Q'usnse. Lkvxon, & Ca, at it'ei; offices, Fo.tonood "?a liners. bo, whe-'eauy fuefcber i.ifo.*maiioa maybe ob:a">ed. J? 9 PAEK EE, NUBSEEYMAN & SbEDS*__N» Eangitikei Line, HAS ON SALE— Fruit Trees Ornamental Pines Flowering Shrubs Flower ifoots Genuine Vegetable and Flower Seeds . " . ' Early Seed Potatoes (9 varieties) At Wellington and Wanganui Prices I
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 77, 6 July 1878, Page 3
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972Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 77, 6 July 1878, Page 3
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