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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 637, 10 September 1851, Page 1

: Valuable Freehold Estate, _ Called “The Avon Valley Farm,” at Sumner, the property of Gewge Heath, Esq., who is about to change his To BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. Tulloch, on Saturday, the 13th day 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 ot by private treaty, of which due notice shall be given.) All that valuable Freehold Estate, Contiguous to- the town and hafbOur of Sumner, consisting of J OO acres of Land well hnown as the li Avon Valley Farm,” a portion of which has beCft cently enclosed afrd cultivated. The remaining portion of the land may he enclosed, laid out, cultivated,, and improved, do as to display in rftr little uegree, the iasfe and judgment of the futpre owner, and fortunate possessor of the This very eligible estate is situated off the south aide of the Christchurch and Lyttelton Road, hear the town of Sumner, being Sec* tion 158, as shmtn on the map or plan of the Canterbury Association, setting out and describmg thei Rural Land in the Christchurch district of the Canterbury Settlement. Also all the right of pasturage over, fetid the preemption of purchasing, 560 acres of Land, adjoining or near te the above section. Also two excellent Milch Cows and a Calf, with all the Farming Implements and Utehsils 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 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 Landis 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 p.nd Lyttelton Road, with the waters of the Avon afid 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 ef 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 d frontage 22 ft. by 15 ft. 6 nr. wine, divided into two rooms t fe Toom er ‘ lean-to’ lias 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, wilt with the right of pasturage over thesooacres adjoining, a*fd the pre-emptive right of purchase of the same, be pat up in one Lot; ana. the two Cows and Calf, the-Farmitag. 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, Ilam House, Lytteltdn, at whose office a plan of the Agricultural) Laxd, DxClliwg-House awd Premises, may be seen. Lyttelton, July 18, 1851.. HORSE IN FIRM A RY, At ivi. QUIN’S, DIXON STRSKT, TK AKO. CROWN AND ANCHOR HOTEL. WILLIAM BANNISTER begs most respectfully 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 & WeehLf JJisfalch: files of which hav ing been received by the recent arrivals from Efigland, are new ready for perusal in Eis Commercial Room. Spirits, Ale, and Porter, always on hand r of frst~rate quality. Lambton-quay, July 16, 1851.