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Auctions - • MONDAY, 18 th DECEMBER. IMPORTANT S ALE OF VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY. IN WELLINGTON. H/TESSRS. BETHU&E AND HUN'MIR JVL will sell by public auction, at their Custom House Quay on Monday, the 18th December, 1876, at 2 o clock Town Acie' No. IOS. containing la. Or. 5p., having a frontage of 90 feet sin. to WilUs Street, and a frontage of 132 feet to Boulcott Street, together with the buddings erected thereon recently occupied as the business premises of „;the Union-Bank of Australia, and the private Dwelling House of the Manager, with convenient Outbuildings, Garden, &c. The Bank premises comprise Public Offices ' 33ft. 7in. x 20ft.; Manager’s Room, 15ft x 12ft. gin • Inspector's Office, 16ft. Sin. x 13ft.; Ante - Room, lift. Bin. x 6ft; Lumber Room, 16ft. x 13ft. Gin.; Closet 4ft. x 3ft. 9in.; and Packing Room, 13ft. 3in. x lift. , , ■ The Manager’s House, to which there is a separate entrance, contains Dining Boom, 19ft. 7in; x 15ft.; Drawing Room, 17ft. x 13ft.; Bedroom, 19ft. x 14ft.; Housekeeper's Room,, . 16ft. x 12ft.; Bedroom. 14ft. x lift.; Bath Room, lift, x sft,; Kitchen, . 14ft. x 13ft.; Pantry, lift; x Bft.; Wash House, lift, x Bft 6in.; Bedroom upstairs, 16ft. x 14ft; Bedroom upstairs, 16ft. x 12ft. 7iu.; Drapery Closet, 4ft Bin. x 4ft.; Wine Closet, 6ft. 6in. x sft. The Outbuilding’s consist of Carriage House, 13ft. x Bft; Stable, 12ft. ;10in. x 6ft. llin.; Fowl House, . 15ft Sin. x Bft; and Wood Honse, 12ft.TOin. x 10ft. There is ah-excellent Garden, well stocked with Shrubs and-Flowers, in the front of the buildings, and a good Kitchen Garden in their rear ; also, a capital well of water—and tanks fitted for receiving rain water. . . The buildings were put up by Mn James Wilaonj under the superintendence of Mr. Roberts, Clerk of the. Works to the Royal ‘ Engineer Department, who was stationed m ’ Wellington when the. Bank was designed and ' erected ; and it would be a very easy matter to treble the accommodation by removing the roof, which- is covered with slates, and carrying up one or two additional stories. ■ This Acre of Land stands as nearly as possible in the very centre of the City of WelJ lington; and the Tramway about to be constructed will pass close by it. A large portion of the ground is unoccupied, and could be up into- convenient building allotments,- '-paving - frontages to Willis Street or to Street. This valuable property is admirably adapted ' {or-’ cmiversiun" into a first-class Hotel, being situated near the Queen’s Wharf,-' Custom - House, Post'-Office, Telegraph Department, Provincial Buildings, Supreme Court, Banks, InsurancaXOffices, and r the Offices and Ware- - houses of the" leading Merchants and Store-teepers-ih the City of- Wellington.. Cards to view the premises may be procured from -Messrs. Benjamin Smith & Co., Land . Agents, Lambton Quay ; or, by application at ■ tha„office of the Auctioneers, Custom House Quay, where any further information may be obtained. " Terms liberal Weliington,-.lst December, 1876. MONDAY, 18tb DECEMBER. Messes, bethune and hunter will sell by Public Auction at their • sale rooms, Custom House Quay, on Monday, ISth.Deoember, 1876, at 2 o’clock— By order of the Mortgagees. 1. All that piece of Land containing Six i Perches (more or less), being part of the Sec* tion numbered 531 on the plan of the town of Wellington,... with a frontage to Molesworth Street of SOJ links by a depth oL 124 links, together, with the Shop and Dwelling JHouse erected thereon, now in the occupation of Patrick Brogan, Bootmaker. •' '2. All that : piece of Laud containing 87J Acres (more or less), being the Section numbered 191 on the plan of the Upper Hutt -District. 3. All that piece of Land containing 250 ” Acres (more or less), and being the Sections numbered .204 and. 205 on the plan of the Upper Hiitt District, now .or lately in the oc- ' enpation of John Watterson, Wellington, Ist December, 1876. THURSDAY, 7th DECEMBER. _ SALE BY AUCTION. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. THE undersigned, to Close Consignments, will cause to, be sold by public auction, on Thursday, 7th December, at 2 o’clock p.m., afMessra. J. and T. Kebble’s stores— Brandiea, in bulk and bottle —Hennessy’s and Martell’s, Yinegrowers’ and Blanchey Freres and Co’s. Wines —Sherry (very old) and port, in " quarters , Claret, Blanchey Freres and Co’s., quarts and pints, Medoc Gin, in stone jars, 2 and 4 gals., Henecke’s Exhibition Champagne—Celebrated Carte Blanche, , from G- H. Mnnn and Co., Rheims Champagne—Wachtcrs and Kupperbergs „ No. 2 Moselles Cement, , fencing wire,. galvanised iron, wire nails ; • Boiled and raw oils ’ 1 Wheat, oats, bran, sharps, and flour ■ .. Sugars, 1.C., C., and brewers’ crystals . &C., ‘ &C., &C., Further particulars in future advertisement. . JAS. O’SHEA. Wellington, Deo. 2. ■ ( - TUESDAY, 12th DECEMBER. MR. FRANCIS SIDEY has received instructions from Mr. James Wingate, trustee in the estate of H. B. Cockbum, to sell by public auction, on the premises. Moles-worth-street, oh Tuesday, 12th December—- • The. whole of the valuable stock-in-trade and tools of a coachbnilder and / general, blacksmith, consisting of ’ nayes, ' spokes, .. felloes, pole-bars, , shafts, buggy frames, wheelbarrows, several thousand feet of well-sea-soned timber, 5 tons of iron and steel ' bars, malleable fastenings, bellows,grindstone, benches, screws, fireface plate anvils,-swedge block, fire binder, punching,’staving, and cut- , ting: machines, chaffcutter ; 3 sets of stocks, dies, and twangs; axles, nails, ' bolts and screws, locks, springs, silver beading, oils and paints, horsehair, wheels, steps, ploughs, and numerous other articles. The'sale is positively without reserve, and will ' commence at 1 o’clock precisely. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. MR. R. J, DUNCAN begs to announce that he has been favored with instructions from the Governors of the Wellington College to sell by public auction, on ah early day during |the present mouth of December, at Ips new auction rooms, Panama-street — The Lease for 21 years, renewable for a further term of 21 years, of all that piece of Land now in the bocupation of' Edward Pearce, Esq., . containing 25 perches, or thereabouts, having a frontage of 70ft. - to Willis-street, by a depth of 100 ft.. frontage to Lambton harbor, being part of the land reclaimed from the harbor. Bounded towards the North by land in the occupation ■ ’ of Edward Pearce, Esq.;, towards the-South by land now in the occupation of J. F. Margetts, Esq. ‘ Plans, conditions of sale, and all other particulars of sale,may be obtained on application >t the office of the auctioneer, Panama-street,

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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4901, 6 December 1876, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4901, 6 December 1876, Page 4

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