Auctions MONDAY, 18th DECEMBER ' IMPORTANT SALE OF VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY IN WELLINGTON. Messrs, bethune and hunter ‘ will sell? by public auction,, at their sale room, Custom House Quay, on Monday, the’lSth December,. 1876, at 2 o’clock— : Town Acre No. 198, containing la. Or. 5p.; having a frontage of 90 feet sin.to Willis Street, and a frontage of 132 feet to Boulcott Street, together with the buildings erected thereon, recently ■ occupied as the business premises of the Union Bank of Australia, and the private Bitting. House of the Manager, with convenient Outbuildings, Garden, &o. , The Bank premises comprise Public Offices 33ft. 7in. x 20ft.; Manager's Room, 15ft x 12ft. Sinlj: Inspector’s Office, 16ft.- siu. x 13ft.; Ante Room, lift. 6in. x 6ft.; Lumber Room,, 16ft. x 13ft. 6in.; Closet 4ft. x 3ft. 9in.; and Packing Room, 18ft. Sin. i lift. ■ i The' Managers House, to which there is a separate entrance, contains Dining Room, 19ft. 7in. x 15ft.; Drawing Room, 17ft.-x 13ft.; Bedroom, 19ft., x 14ttJ; Housekeeper’s Room, 18ft. s 12ft.: Bedroom. , 14ft. x; lift.; Bath Edom, lift, x, sft.; Kitchen, lift, 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. 6ih; x 4ft. ; Wine Closet, 6ft. 6in. x sft. The Outbuildings consist of Carriage House, 13ft. x Bft.; Stable, 12ft; 10in. x 6ft. Him; Fowl House;-15ft. Sin. x Sft.; and Wood House, 12ft. lOin.x 10ft. , There is an 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, j* f ) j; t , ;; The buildings were put up by Mr. James Wilson,-under the superintendence of Mr. Roberts,; Clerk of the Works to the Royal Engineer, Department, .who waa stationed in Wellington- vwh en 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 Wellington ; and the,- Tramway about to be constructed will pass close by it. , , A large portion of the ground is unoccupied, and Could be divided up into convenient building allotments, having frontages'to Willis Street or to Boulcott Street. ■, ’ This valuable property is admirably adapted for conversion j into .a., first-class Hotel, being situated 'near the Queen’s Wharf,; Custom House, Post, Office, Telegraph Department, Provincial Buildings) Supreme Court, Banks, Insurance; Offices, and-the Offices,and Warehouses of . the leading: Merchants and Storekeepers in the City of Wellington. - -v., Cards to view the premises may be procured from’ Messrs. Benjamin Smith & Co!, Land Agents, Lambton Quay; or, by application at the (Office of the Auctioneers, Custom House Quay, where any further information may be obtained. . , Terms liberal. Wellington, Ist December, 1876. MONDAY, 18th DECEMBER. Messes, bethune and hunter 1 will ; sell by Public Auction at their sale rooms, Custom House Quay, ou Monday,; !Bth December, 1876, at 2 o’clock—y order.of the Mortgagees. I y.frljUl that ’-piece of Land containing .'Six Perches (mdre or less),-being part of the Sec'tioh numbered -531 on the plan of the town of, Welimgtbn, with' a frontage to Molesworth 1 Street of links by a depth of 124 links, -together with-the Shop and Dwelling Mouse erected thereon, now in the occupation of Patrick Brogan, Bootmaker.. 2. AH that piece of Land containing 37J 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 Tipper Hntt District, now or lately in the occupation of John Watterson. Wellingtoni lst December, 1876. THIS DAY THURSDAY, - 7th DECEMBER. . SALE. BY AUCTION' ■ ■ THE undersigned, to. Close ; Consignments, will cause to be sold by public auction, on Thursday, 7th December,:at 2 o’clock p.m., at Messrs. J. and T. Kebble’s stores— , , Brandies, in bulk and bottle—Hennessy’s, and Martell’s, Winegrowers’f and Blancbey Freres and Go's. ■■■ Wines— Sherry (very old) and port, (.in: quarters ' ; Claiet, Blancbey Freres and Go’s., quarts 1 and pints, Medoc . Gin, m stone jars, 2 and 4 gals.’, 1 Hcnecke’s . Exhibition v j Champagne—Celebrated' Carte Blanche, from G-. H. Munnand Cp., Bheims Champagne—Wachters and 'Kupperbefgs . - ’ ■'/« v/i No/2 Moselles I ■■ Cement)-,, .fencing -wire, .galvanised iron,; ii wire nails . ■ ..... ; , ■ ’ Boiled and raw oils i ; - Wheat,-oats, bran, sharps, and flour ; ■ ' Sugars, 1.C., C.) and brewers’'crystals : ■ &c., ' &0., ■_ ■' Alsoy''’' ll '-'' ! ■' ■ ' '4-cases Green’s hams and bacon. ' , • ; - JAS.,.O’SHEA. ’ Wellington, Dec. 2. ( • ■'' _ ‘ \r / TUESDAY, 12th DECEMBER. MR; FRANCIS SIDEY has received'instructions front Mr. James Wingate, trustee in the estate of H. B. Cockbuni, to sell ,by public, aurtioh,,. ) pn the premises, Moles*; worth-street, on Tuesday, 12th December— The whole ,of; the'’ valuable stock-in-trade and tools; pjf’a’coachbuilSer and general blacksmith, consisting of naves, spokes, felloes, pole-bars, - shafts, buggy frames, wheelbarrows, several thousand feet of well-sea-* soned-timber, 5 tons of iron-and steel> bare; malleable fastenings, bellows; - grindstone,! benches, : screws,; fireface plate anvils,'-swedge block, fire binder, punching,' staving,' aqd outting machines, chaffcuttef ; { 3 sets of stocks; dies,-, and twangs; axles; nails, bolts and screws;- looks, springs; silver beading, oils and paints,, horsehair, wheels,- steps; y ploughs','T and numerous other .' -, articles, j. r THe sale is' positively without reserve, and will commence at ,1 .o'clock precisely. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. MR. E. J. DUNCAN, begs to announce ’ that be has been favored with instracirons from the Governors, of the;-Wellington College to sell -by public auction,- on ,an; early day-during [the,present, moeth-ior, December; at his new auction rooms, Panama-street— ;, | The Lease for 21-years, renewable fob a further term of 21 years, of all • that piece of Land nowln- the oof ■ ■ cupation of Edward:Pearce, Esq.-, containing 25. perches, or thereabouts, haidbg a ’frontage Ob 70ft. ~ to Willis : street, byatfeptb oflOOftl. ' ’ frontage to Lambton harbor; being 1 part' of the laid reclaimed from • , . . the harbor. Bounded towards the North by land in the occupation -. V ! of Edward .Pearce, 'Esq.; towards the'South by land now in the bp- ' cupation of J. F.-Margetts, Esq. mditions of sale, and all other parsale, may be obtained en application e of the auctioneer, Panama-street.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4902, 7 December 1876, Page 4
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