Bethell's Saddlery Business, and trusts that the support so liberally bestowed on his predecessor, will be ac- corded to him. F. W. B. having had considerable ex] perience, both Home and Colonial, oan con- fidently promise that all. orders entrusted. to^him, will be done in a thoroughly work- manlike manner, .and the, prices will be found to be as reasonable as those charged I by any otheri house. flavelQQk, December- 23r087§. $0 0



MESSRS HALCOMBE & SHERWILL Have received instructions from the Directors of the Emigrant Colonists' Aid Corporation, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION AT FEILDING ON WEDNESDAY, 26th MARCH, 1879, and on the following day if necessary, KCif) 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 fe olden harvest 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 permapant 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 "Ashhurst" 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. Except with regard to the totara land, pur- chasers will have the choice of taking up any of these lands on lease, with right of purchase on very easy terms. 11. THE CORPORATION PORTION OF THE NEW TOWN OF "ASHHURST," comprising 190 acres divided into 342 sections. This is a sister town to Feilding and Halcombe. 