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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4214, 22 September 1874, Page 4

Auctions. WEDNESDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER. UNRESERVED SALE OF TIMBER AND RAILWAY PLANT. TIA'R. G. H. VENNELL has been favored IVI with instructions from Messrs. Brogden and Sous to sell, by public auction, at the stables and stores on the Hutt Road, on Wednesday next, the 23rd iust., at 2 o cloch, 700 sawn railway sleepers 124 pieces totara timber, 6x2 -10 wheeling planks 300 pieces timber, various lengths and sizes Californian pumps, hand-carts Ledge doors, boring machines Sydney-built carts and wharf drays Wheelbarrows, jacks, punt, chains, and anchors Concrete blocks, old iron, &c. Sale at 2 o’clock. Terms liberal. THURSDAY, 24th SEPTEMBER. TO CLOSE CONSIGNMENTS, MR. R. J. DUNCAN will sell by auction on above date, at his sale rooms, WITHOUT RESERVE, to close consignments, 100 half-chests tea. Congou 135 boxes do. 10 do. gunpowder 3 tons IC sugar 5 do. Y do. 1 ton white Mauritius crystals 30 casks crushed sugar 50 boxes Brandon candles 50 do. Price’s-Eolmont sperm 2 tons Dunedin oatmeal 2 kegu dried rennets - 5 cases plaid vestas 5 do. 250’a 10 do. turpentine 1 half-ton white lead 3 bales seaming twine 3 pockets 1872 hops 20 cases prime American fresh salmon 50 do. JDKZ geneva 10 do. Bernard’s whisky 7 qr.-ca.sks pale dry sherry 4 do. •<> O port wine 4 do. Lemon Hart’s rum 2 do. MartelTa brandy 1 do. Hennessy’s do. 50 casks bottled ale 30 do. Blood's stout 20 cases Townsend's sarsaparilla 5 do. sheepwash tobacco 45 do. kerosene, Devoe's THURSDAY, 22nd OCTOBER. IMPORTANT SALE OF PURE SHORTHORNED CATTLE. AT MEADOW BANK, TAIERI PLAIN, OTAGO, N.Z. DRIVER, STEWART, & CO. beg to intimate that they have received instructions from Geo. M. Bell, Esq., to sell by public auction, at his farm, Meadow Bank, East Taieri (ten miles from Dunedin, Otago, N.Z.), on Thursday, October 22nd, 1874, the whole of that gentleman's Waimea herd of PURE-BRED SHORT-HORNED CATTLE, Consisting of—--12 bulls And 30 cows and heifers. This herd has been bred from cows purchased from Messrs. Morton Brothers and Leach, of Victoria, at their sale in 1867, the excellence of whose stock is too well known to need any comment. Mr. Bell’s original selections comprised the “April Flower” tribe, all of which were large prize-takers, and pronounced by the Australian press as being some of the very best animals ever exhibited by those celebrated breeders. The sire used in this herd is “Prince Frederick,” bred by the late William Robertson, Esq., of Colao, Victoria, out of the imported cow “Fanny,” by the “Beau.” Catalogues, -with full pedigree of each animal, may be had upon application to the undersigned. For further information, apply to DRIVER, STEWART, & CO., Dunedin. ROBERT WILKIN, Christchurch. JOHNSTON & CO., Wellington. ROUTLEDGE, KENNEDY, & CO., Napier. THURSDAY, 29th OCTOBER. IMPORTANT SALE OF FREEHOLD AT TIMARU, IN THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. MR. JOHN KING has been favored with instructions from Captain Tosswill to sell by public auction -at his sale rooms, Tnnaru, on Thursday, 29th October, 1874, his FREEHOLD ESTATE of CLAREMONT, which comprises about 2197 acres of the best agricultural and pastoral land in the district, and situated within eight miles of the town of Timarn, from which it is accessible by three direct and good roads. The improvements consist of a well-built eight-roomed dwelling-house, with all necessary offices, cottage, stable, woolshed and yards, cowshed and yards, and other necessary outbuildings. The land is fenced, and subdivided into twelve paddocks. 450 acres under first wheat crop (which crop is not for sale) 130 acres sown down to English grass, of which twenty acres are also in oats 147 acres let for one crop 200 let for breaking up, and the remainder is in Native grass, which grows richly on the estate. There are also a few acres of bush land; there is permanent water in each paddock,; all the buildings and fences are new and of the best description. This valuable property is capable of being divided into two or more farms, with an equal division of natural advantages. For further particulars apply to Captain Tosswill, Claremont, or to the auctioneer, Timarn, where a plan of the estate can he seen. Sale at 11 o’clock, a.m. Terms at sale. WEDNESDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER. SALE OF A CITY CAB. 'IEORGE THOMAS has received instrucX tions to sell by public auction, at Ids oiqb, Brandon Street, immediately before the le of surplus stores, 1 City cab, nearly new, without any reserve. Terms cash. THURSDAY, Ist OCTOBER. TO MERCHANTS : AND OTHERS. Unclaimed Wool. Mil. GEORGE THOMAS has received instructions from Messrs. Jackson and •Graham to sell, at their Free Store, on the Queens Wharf, on Thursday, . Ist October, 1874, at noon (unless previously claimed), 4 bales wool, marked HF § 1,2, 3, 4 Far the benefit of whom it may concern, and in payment of wharfage, storage, and other napenaca.