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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 626, 2 August 1851, Page 2

WIDOW AND ORPHANS' FUND, W.D., M.U.1.0.F. THE Public is respectfully informed that in consequence of the wreck of the barque Maria, and the melancholy death of Mr.G. rf Wallace, President of the Society, who was passenger on board the ill-fated vessel, the Ball in aid of the Funds of the above Society, is postponed until further notice. Wellington, August 1, 1851. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between Us, theUndersidned, Michael Brannan Hart, and Henry Allwright, both of Lyttelton, in the Canterbury Settlement, New Zealand, carrying on business together as Plumbers, Glaziers, and Painters, under the style, or firm of “ Hart and Allwright,” was this Day dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due to and owing by the late firm, will be leceived and paid by the said Henry Allwright, by whom the business will in future be carried on. Witness our hands this 22nd day of July, 1851. J Signed by the said Mi-' cHAELBRANNANHARTand I M. B. Hart. Henry Allwright, in the Henry Allwright. presence of Richard Wormald, Solicitor, Lyttelton. Valuable Freehold Estate, Called "The Avon Valley Farm," at Sumner, the property of George Heath, Esq., whois about to change his residence. rO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. Tulloch, on Saturday, the 13th daj of September next, in the long room of the Mitre Hotel, Lyttelton, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and subject to such conditions as shall be then and there produced, (unless previously disposed of by private treaty, of which due notice shall be given.) All that valuable Freehold Estate, contiguous to the town and harbour of Sumner, consisting of res °f Land well known as the “ Avon Valley Farm," a portion of which has been recently enclosed and cultivated. The remaining portion of the land may be enclosed, laid out, cultivated, and improved, so as to display in no little degree, the taste and judgment of the future owner, and fortunate possessor of the soil.

This. very eligible estate is situated on the south side of the Christchurch and Lyttelton Road, near the town of Sumner, being Section 158, as shown on the map or plan of the Canterbury Association, setting out and describing the Rural Land in the Christchurch district of the Canterbury Settlement. Also all the right of pasturage over, and the preemption of purchasing, 500 acres of Land, adjoining or near to the above section. Also two excellent Milch Cows and a Calf, with all the Farming Implements and Utensils on, or about the Farm. Also all that newly erected Dwelling-house, with the Garden, Outbuildings, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, and all the valuable Household Furniture and effects in and upon the premises. The Land is partly cultivated, and of singular beauty; commanding extensive Sea and Land views over the most interesting part of the 1 own and Harbour of Sumner, and the romantic hills and mountains adjacent to the Agricultural and Pastoral Reserve of the Canterbury Plains.

A great portion of the Agricultural Landis , f° r the Building of Freehold detached Vil 1 as, and for building purposes in general, (for which numerous applications have been made,) presenting such a desirable frontage to the Christchurch and Lyttelton Road with the waters of the Avon and the Heathcote flowing along a portion of it; in addition to which the Christchurch and Lyttelton Road throws the land open to, and brings it in direct communication with, the rising town of Lyttelton, and Harbour of Port Victoria, and the not lessi important Town of Christchurch, the future City of the Plains.” Beyond this, there can be seen at the distance of 70 or 80 miles, the celebrated range of the Kai Koras, the highest mountains of the New Zealand group, rising w , o a peculiar grandeur to an elevation of 10 or 12.000 feet above the level of the sea, clad with perpetual snow. ine Hnnsp ic wnii . .• > —uuiijparativeiy new —and of substantial structure, being one ot the far-famed “Manning’s Houses.” presenting a frontage 22 ft. by 15 ft. 6im wide, aivided into two rooms; a roomer ‘lean-to’ has been added to the House, which can also be divided and made suitable as a Kitchen and ervant s Bed Room. The House is supplied with excellent water from a well nn premises The Farm, consisting of 100 acres ofFreethe ri S ht of Pasturage over thesoo acres adjoining, and the pre-emptive right tbe Sa ? l8 ’ bs P ut U P in one Lot; and the two Cows and Calf, the Farming Implements and Utensils, with the Household Furniture and Effects, may be taken at a valuation at the option of the Purchaser. For further particulars, and to treat for the same, apply to George Heath, Esq., on the premises, or to Mr. R. Wolmald, Solicitor, Ham House, Lyttelton, at whose office a plan of the Agricultural Land, Dwelling-House and Premises, may be seen. Lyttelton, July 18, 1851.

Board and • A COMFORTABLE Board and Lodging LL House, Cuba-street, Te Aro. Apply to Mrs. M'Donough, Wellington, July 23, 1851. On lhe To Sell or Exchange for Scrip, T H wi?h B e Zl t l- le r Va v ganui - Section ’ No - 235 > ; l <. W r . 8 Creek running through it It »he“ettnhiS S ? alk J”’ ? ftom very valuable w ie ’ an .d.will soon become n ifn. ’ Wanganui is about to be made >r«‘»fEnt J. Applyat t he o ffleeof this Paper July 23 1 85 1 TAVt ° a&W "’- W ~