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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 56, 30 November 1921, Page 8

There was a crowded room at Messrs. Harcourt and Co.’s yesterday afternoon when they submitted at auction under instructions from the Public Trustee 'n the estate of the late W. 11. Bcr-ow, 7 acres of land, situated at Paraparaumu, al«o on behalf of the Nelson Sick and Wounded Soldiers’ Fund a ba.f acre section at Scarborough Beiyh, I raparaumu. They also offered .nine 'Beside building sites at Muritai, Days Buy and Eastbourne reserve. Tho seven ner.-s not reaching the reserve was piss’d n , but tho half-acre section, Scarbo’ougii Beach, was sold, after spirited bidding. Section 3, having an area of 22.6 perch s and a frontage of 46ft. 9in. to the Esplanade, Muritai, was sold aft?r k«cn competition to Messrs. Stratton nvd Hood for Hie sum of £250. The unrjld properties are- now in the hands of the auctioneers for private sale. Guardsmen of good height being badly wanted, recruiting fees are to be paid according to height, 7s. being awarded for recruits over sft. Ilin.