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Evening Star, Issue 3668, 24 November 1874, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION. THURSDAY, 26th NOVEMBER, At 12 o’clock. On the Premises, Fern Hill. IMPORTANT SALE by auction AND ux HIGH CLASS DRAWING-ROOM BEDROOM FURNITURE. Magnificent Pier Glasses, very costly Silk Curtains, One, Tw., and Three Winged Mahogany Wardrobes, with Mirror Fronts, Marble Washstaud, Chinese Toilet Ware. &c., &c. Two Brilliant-Toned Cottage Pianos, &c. &c M‘L ANDRESS, HEPBURN, & CO. have been instructed to sell by auction, at Fern Hill, on Thursday, Novemher 26, at 12 o’clock, A large quantity of veiy superior and costly furniture (not required by the Club who have bought the property), Comprising— Three Sets Blue Silk Repp Curtains, lined throughout, with Foulard silk and wadding interlining, and very wide satin border, edged with silk cord and silk tassel curtainholders. Also, addition of Buckram shaped draperies as’valances, trimmed with festooned rope, silk drop pendants, French silk fringe scroll-gimp, &c., &c., including very handsome gilt cornices. Two Divan Ottomans, spring stuffed, very soft. All hair, covered with rich silk repp trimmings and fringe; also, French silk hangers spaced all round. Elegant Centre Ottoman, in four compartments, stuffed, all hair, and covered with silk repp, trimmed with fringe, spaced hangers, &c., &c,, the wholg of the woodwork gilt. Parisian Settee, with rails round the back, spring, stuffed all hair, and covered with silk repp. 4 drawing-room easy chairs (Parisian). 6 chairs, in silk repp, stuffed backs aud seats. 2 fancy French chairs, finely carved, gilt in fine gold, covcre l in silk-repp. 2 gilt chairs with basket seats. 2 foot-stools in gilt. Loose covers for the entire suite and curtains Walnutwood Oblong Table, finely inlaid in rich gilding, China plaque each side and back, bold brass handles, mounted with ormolu Two Amboyna Card Tables, finely inlaid. Parisian Work Table, ebony and ormolu. Three Flower rtands, do Very Superior Drawing-Room Suite, in solid walmnwood, upholstered in figured silk, comprising—Large couch, 8 chairs, 2 easy chairs, 2 footstools, centre table and 2 card tables, 3 sets window curtains to match the furniture, with lined covers for suite and curtains. ’ Rosewood Cottage Pianoforte, by John Broad wood and Son. Walnut Pianoforte, by Collard and Collard. Very curious Japanese Table, carved and inlaid. Devotional Chair and Ottoman, in sewn work. Timepieces, ornaments, multitude and sundries. One, two, and three-winged Mahogany Wardrobes, with mirror fronts, chests of drawers, marble top washstauds, Chinese toilet ware and sets, dressing tables and toilet glasses combined, brass and iron double bedsteads, palliasses, horsehair mattrasses, feather beds and bedding, sitz and sponge baths, fire screens. &c. Catalogues in course of preparation, and will be ready on Monday, when the furniture can be inspected Terms at sale. M‘LANDRESB, HEPBURN, & CO., Auctioneers. SATURDAY, 28th NOVEMBER, At 2 o’clock. FREEHOLDS FOR EVERYONE. FOR SALE, by public auction, by Messrs M‘Landress, Hepburn and Co., on Saturday, 28th November, 1874, at two o’clock. . Tn consequence of the still inere?.sing demand for building site l , the Proprietor of a • hoice portion of the thriving town of Opoho has been induced to offer to the public about 161 allotments of freehold land therein. I bis property is not more than a few ra mute s’ walk of the bridge over the Water of Leith at t v ie north end or Great King street, and will form an extension of the recently sold township of Calton, part of >ection 10, North east Valley district. The site is admirably chosen for health and recreation, b ing bounded by the Town Belt and in the immediate neighborhood of the beautiful grounds of the Acclimatisation Society and Botanical Gardens, which are at all times open free ; and, from its commanding situation, possesses untold advantages over the low-lying and wet ground cf the southern suburb of the City, There is a tramway in contemplation, which, when completed, will bring this property to within five m mutes’ of the Post Office. Water can be obtained on any of the allotmeats from natural springs. All those in search of a home are requested to inspect this property. Lithograph maps of the property to be had of the auctioneers, or the surveyors, Stewart and Doughty, Manse street. Terms of payment may be made to, extend over a period of eighteen months. GOVERNMENT NOTICES. OTAGO H ARBOR BOARD 6 PER CENT. DEBENTURES, DUE 1913. APPLIC 'TIONS are invited by the Colonial Bink of New Zealand for the whole or part of the first issue of the Otago Harbor Board Debentures, amounting to L 20.000. The Debentures will be issued for LIOU each will bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annung, principal and interest being payable at the option of applicants either in London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, or Dunedin, The entire loan, which is secured on the Harbor Property aud Revenues, is repayable by annual drawings after five years, from date of issue, the total sum payable being * not later than the year 1913. ° Further particulars may be obtained at the chief office of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin, who have been appointed Agents by the Board. The Debentures will be allotted as applied for, and interest allowed for payments made prior to. ths date of issue, which has beep fijyed as the Ist January, 1875. By order of the Board. JOHN L. GILLIES, . Secretary. Dunedin, 17th November, 1874. LOST, FOUND, cec. STOLEN or ST RAN ED, from Roslyn, a Red and White Cow, branded A-R on off hind quarter; Any person giving information, such as will lead to her recovery, to , A. H. Ross, Princes street, will he rewarded, and any one detaining her after this notice will be prosecuted. STRAYED, from Anderson’s Bay, a pure bred Ayrshire Heifer, white with strawberry neck, fine horns; must have calved more than one month since. Information regarding her will be recompensed by Obhtt ButMffstj Bay.