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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 629, 13 August 1851, Page 1

Valuable Freehold Estate, Called "The Avon Valley Farm, ” at Sumner, the property of George Heath, Esg., whois aoout to change his residence. T° BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. -I- Tulloch, on Saturday, the 13th dav nFI September next, in the long room of the Mitre Hotel, Lyttelton, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, ana subject to such conditions as shall be then produced, (unless previously disposed ot by private treaty, of which due notice shall be given.) All that valuable Freehold Estate, contiguous t® th® town and harbour of Sumner, consisting I, acres of Land well known as the “Atm 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 dr near to the above section. Also two excellent Milch Cows and a Calf, with all the Farming Implements and Uteiis’ls on, or about the Farm. '' Also alHhat 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 singu - lar beauty.; commanding extensive Sea and Land views over the most interesting part of the Town 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 Land is well adapted for the Building of Freehold detached Villas, 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 Aron 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 less important Town of Christchurch, the fixture “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 with a peculiar grandeur to an elevation of 10 or 12.000 feet above the level of the sea, clad with perpetual snow.

The House is well shingled,—-comparatively new, —and of substantial structure, being one of the far-famed “ Manning’s Houses,” presenting a frontage 22 ft. by 15 ft. 6 in. wide, divided into two rooms; a room or ‘lean-to’ has been added to the House, which can also be divided and made suitable as a Kitchen and Servant’s Bed Room. The House is supplied with excellent water from a well on the premises. The Farm, consisting of 100 acres of Freehold Land, will with the right of pasturage over tbesooacres adjoining, and the pre-emptive right of purchase of the same, be put up in one Lot; and tl;e 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 jfor tne 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. Wanted, A N intelligent and respectable .Lad as an XA. Apprentice. Apply gt the Office of this Paper. July 5, ,1851. CROWN AND ANCHOR HOTEL. BANNISTER begs most reVV spectfully to intimate to his friends, and the inhabitants of .Wellington, . that he has made arrangements for the constant supply .of complete files of the Illustrated London News & Weshly Siepatch,; files of whiclf hav ing been received by the recent arrivals from England, are now rea dy for perusal in his Commercial Room. gBg°JFines, Spirits, Ale, and. Porter, always on hand, of first-rate quality. Lambton-tiqay, July 16, 1851.