SALE OF PROPERTIES

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 127, 25 November 1926, Page 10

SALE OF PROPERTIES

Messrs. S. George Nathan and Co. submitted to public auction yesterday afternoon, under instructions from the trustee in the estate of the late Joshua Charlesworth, the properties in the estate. The first property offered was a vacant building site in Railway avenue, Upper Hutt, having a frontage of 66ft by a depth of 100 ft. Bidding started at £100, and quickly rose to £300, at which price it was knocked down to Mr. John Burns. The next offered ■was the late Mr. Charlesworth's home at Wallaceville, comprising 47 acres with residence and outbuildings. Bidding started at £3500, and rose to £4250, and as the reserve was not reached the property was passed in. Vacant sections in Lane's lane, Wallaceville, were then offered, and were passed in, as the reserves were not reached. The firm then submitted a vacant leasehold section in Oriental Bay. Bidding started at £250, and lose to £400, at which price it was sold to Mrs. A. Stamford. The last property offered was a block with a frontage of 100 ft to" Tory street and 80ft to Alma lane. Bidding started at £4000, and rose to £5250, and as the reserve was not reached it was passed in. The unsold properties are now in the hands of the auctioneers for private sale.