Land Sales and School Notices




The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

The local Inspectors, Messrs Thomson and Faulds, will meet intending contractors on Friday, the 10th, at 1 p.m. at Mr Sidey’s gate, to show them the different works.—J. J. Ecclesry, clerk to the Board, Green Island, 1st November, 1871.


SCHOOLMASTER wanted for the School at Switzers, must be married; wife to teach sewing. Salary, £125 a year and fees, with residence. Applications to be sent in to the undersigned on or before November 16th, accompanied by testimonials. George Bailey, Secretary Switzers School Committee.


WANTED a qualified teacher for the Longbush School. Applications with testimonials to be lodged with the undersigned, on or before the 1st December. A married man preferred.—A. Ross, clerk of School Committee, Longbush.


WASTE LAND BOARD ADVERTISEMENTS.

LAND OPEN FOR SALE on 22nd February, 1871.—See Gazette of 23rd February, 1871, which may be had at the various Survey and Police Stations throughout the Province; and at the Land Offices, Dunedin and Invercargill.


TUESDAY, 21st NOVEMBER, NOON.

NOTICE is hereby given that sections 1 and 3, Block II, Waipahee District Hundred of Popotunoa, containing respectively 299a. 1r. 18p. and 218a. 1r. will be offered for sale by public auction by Mr. R. W. Capstick, at the Crown Hotel, Balclutha, on Tuesday the 21st November next at noon, at the upset price of 10s per acre.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board, Dunedin, 17th October, 1871.


WEDNESDAY, 29th NOV.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sections 1, 4, and 6, Block IX, and Section 31, Block XI, Moeraki District, containing respectively 69a 0r 1p, 68a 3r 23p, 45a 1r 10p, and 65a 1r 28p, will be offered for sale by public auction, at M’Gilligan’s Hotel, Palmerston, on Wednesday the 29th day of November next, immediately after the Town Land Sale there on that date, at eleven a.m., at the upset price of 10s per acre.

Immediately thereafter, Sections 46 and 47, Block IX, fronting main road and formerly temporarily reserved for bush, and part Section 43, Block XI, fronting main road, temporarily reserved for coal, Moeraki District, containing respectively 9a 1r 16p, 12a, and 11a 3r 36p, will be offered as land of special value, at the upset price of 21s per acre.


TUESDAY, 28th NOV.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sections 20, Block IX, and 26 and 27, Block IX, Otepopo District, containing respectively 153a 3r 33p, 138a 1r 30p, and 142a 2r 39p, will be offered for sale by public auction at Herbert, on Tuesday the 28th day of November next (immediately after the sale of that Township at 11 o’clock a.m.), at the upset price of 10s per acre.


MONDAY, 27th NOV.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 1 of 47, Block III, Akatore District, containing 40 acres, will be offered for sale by public auction, by Mr R. W. Capstick, at his auction rooms, Tokomairiro, (immediately after the town land sale there), on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 54, Block I, Otokia District, containing 55 acres, will be offered for sale by public auction, by Mr James Milner, at the Land Office, Dunedin, (immediately after the town land sale there), on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s per acre.


NOTICE is hereby given that the unsold lands, exclusive of Reserves, in the undermentioned townships, will be offered for sale by public auction at the places and on the dates undernoted:—

  • Roxburgh, on the ground, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Alexandra, at Mr J. C. Chapple’s auction rooms, on Tuesday, the 28th November next, at noon
  • Etterick, at Roxburgh, immediately after the sale of that township, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Clyde, at the Survey office, Clyde, on Wednesday, the 29th day of November next, at noon
  • Cromwell, at the Court-house, Cromwell, on Thursday, the 30th day of November next, at noon
  • Bendigo, on the ground, on Friday, the 1st day of December next, at noon
  • Newcastle, at Bendigo, on Friday, the 1st day of December next, immediately after the sale of Bendigo
  • Pembroke, at Bendigo, on Friday, the 1st day of December next, immediately after the sale of Newcastle
  • Gladstone, at Bendigo, on Friday, the 1st day of December next, immediately after the sale of Pembroke
  • Kingston, at the Survey office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Frankton, at the Survey office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon, immediately after the sale of Kingston
  • Arrowtown, at the Public Library there, on Wednesday, the 29th day of November next, at noon
  • Glenorchy, at the Survey office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, after the sale of Frankton
  • Kinloch, at the Survey office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, after the sale of Glenorchy
  • Queenstown, at the Survey office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, after the sale of Kinloch
  • Waikaia, at the Survey office, Lawrence, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Tapanui, at the Survey office, Lawrence, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Lawrence, at the Survey office, Lawrence, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Wethersone, at the Survey office, Lawrence, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Dalhousie, at the Survey office, Lawrence, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Waipori, at the Survey office, Lawrence, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Havelock, on the ground on Tuesday, the 28th day of November next, at noon
  • Dunkeld, on the ground, on Wednesday, the 29th day of November next, at noon
  • Naseby, at the Survey office there, on Monday, the 27th day of November next, at noon
  • Blair-Taieri, at the Survey office, Naseby, immediately after the sale of Naseby, on Monday, the 27th day of November, at noon


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🏗️ Corstorphine Road Board Tenders (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 November 1871
Tenders, Road Construction, Corstorphine
  • J. J. Ecclesry, clerk to the Board

🎓 Schoolmaster Wanted at Switzers

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Schoolmaster, Sewing Teacher, Switzers
  • George Bailey, Secretary Switzers School Committee

🎓 Qualified Teacher Wanted for Longbush School

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Teacher, Longbush School
  • A. Ross, clerk of School Committee, Longbush

🗺️ Waste Land Board Advertisements

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Waste Land Board

🗺️ Land Sale at Waipahee District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
17 October 1871
Land Sale, Waipahee District, Balclutha
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner, Waste Land Board

🗺️ Land Sale at Moeraki District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Moeraki District, Palmerston

🗺️ Land Sale at Otepopo District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Otepopo District, Herbert

🗺️ Land Sale at Akatore District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Akatore District, Tokomairiro
  • Mr R. W. Capstick

🗺️ Land Sale at Otokia District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Otokia District, Dunedin
  • Mr James Milner

🗺️ Sale of Unsold Lands in Townships

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Townships, Auction