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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 632, 23 August 1851, Page 1

Valuable Freehold Estate, Called “The Avon Valley Farm," at Sumner, the property of George Heath, Esq., who is about to change his residence. m° BE SOLD BY AUCTION, bv Kf r stnt 1^ LLOCH , on Saturday, the 13th day of Hn? I r e « n i ext , ,n the lon & r6om of Mitre Hote!. Lyttelton, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and !u bjeCt to J such 1 conditions as shall be then of L the - e P roduced > (unless previously disposed be given.? *° f W “ due notice shall tn Talua V e Freehold Estate, contiguous to the town and harbour of Sumner, consisting VMeu p reS Land Weli known as the “ Ar™ Valley Farm, a portion of which has b non S nrt an / cultivated - The remaining portion of the land may be enclosed, laid out, httlA Va a ed ’ and ! mproved ’ 80 a s to display inno L deffee ’ the and judgment of the soH wner > and fo rtunate possessor of the o This very eligible estate is situated on the south side of the Christchurch and Lyttelton ear town °/ Sumner, being Section 158, as shown on the map or plan of the y As ® oci atipn, setting out and describnfgtbke Rura l Lan d m the Christchurch district ot the Canterbury Settlement. mAm'L? 11 th r rigllt , of . pasturage over, and the preemption of purchasing, 500 acres of Land, adjoining or near to the above section. Als ° tx y° e x ce Hent Milch Cows and a Calf with all the Farming Implements and Utensils -- about sue rarni.

Also all that newly erected Dwelling-house, with the Garden, Outbuildings, and Appurtenances thereto Delonging, and all the valuable Household Furniture and effects in and upon the premises. -_The„Lay4 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 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 less 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 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 thesoo acres adjoining, and the pre-emptive right of purchase of the same, be put up 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. Wormald; Solicitor, Ham House, Lyttelton, at whose office a plan of the Agricultural Land, Dwelling-House and Premises, may be seen. Lyttelton, July 18, 1851.

HORSE INFIRMARY, At M. QUIN’S, DIXON STREET,, TE ARO. CROWN AND ANCHOR HOTEL. "IXTILLIAM 1 BANNISTER begs most reW spectfully to intimate to his friends, and the inhabitants of Wellington, that he has made arrangements for the constant supply of comple'Pß vilks of the lUustrated. London News & Weekly Dispatch: files of which hav ing been received by the recent arrivals from England, are now ready for perusal in his Commercial Room. IggriFines, Spirits, Ale, and Porter, always on hand, of first-rate quality. Lambton-quay, July 16, 1851.