897 SADDLERY. F. W B UTLI R ' ' (Late Foreman to Mr John M'Vay), Begs to inform the residents in Havelock and surrounding districts, that he has pur- chased Mr F. BethelTs Saddlery Business, ' aud trusts that the support so liberally bestowed on his predecessor, will be ac- corded to him. • ■ 1 v;' ; , F. W. B. having had. considerable ex ) perience, both Home and Colonial, can con- fidently promise that all orders entrusted to him, will be done in a. thoroughly work- "" manlike manner,.!. .andrV-tU* prices, jwill be found to be aa reasonable;' aaothdse' dharged l>y any oiher h6uiei ! "?•'. I'-^'i 1 '^ C!: ' j * Hayelock, Dec.em.ber 23rd, 1878. 80 , 4- .'"_■•.,'- v ""■"■'



MESSRS HALCOMBE & SHE R WILL Have received instructions from the Directors. of the Emigrant Colonists' Aid Corporation, to sell by PUBLIC .AUCTION AT FEILDING ON. WEDNESDAY, 26th MARCH, 1879, SQQ SECTIONS, Comprising OVER 10,000 ACRES, Being Village, Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands, in Sections varying from £ acre to 500 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 Prosperous Settle- ment, and especially to saw-millers and bushmen desirous of reaping a & olden hardest from the Wanganui Timber Trade. The following are the several proper- perties which will be offered for sale : — I. 9000 ACRES RURAL LAND, in 41 Sections, varying 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 permanant creeks and by the Orowa River, yet no part of it is flooded, nor has it an acre of swamp. It lies within, 2£ miles of Feilding, and within two miles of the railway. It is connected by a good metalled road running right through it, with the Town of Feilding and the new Town of "Ashhurßt" on the Manawatu Gorge. Many of the Sections are covered with very light bush, chiefly tawa ; several on the other hand are very heavily timbered with a large proportion of totara, and are as fine saw-mill sites as could be desired. 