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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4903, 8 December 1876, Page 4

Auctions FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16. SALE IN THE ESTATE OF G. UNDERWOOD, BAKER, A BANKRUPT. GEORGE .THOMAS Has received instruc-' tionsfrom the Trustee in theahove Estate, to sell by auction on Friday, December 16, on the premises, Courtenay-place, at 2 o clock— Lot I. Tho lease of the premises, having 18$ years to run; comprising bakehouse, oven, shop, and dwelling-house, containing four rooms.. Lot I. Plant Comprising all the necessaries for carrying on a large baking business; also, horse, cart, and harness, handcart, &c., &c. Stock of groceries, &c. Further particulars to be obtained from JOHN PLIMMER, Trustee, OrG. THOMAS, Auctioneer. 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 18th 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 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 12£t. Sin.; Inspector’s Office, 16ft. sin. x 13ft.; Ante Room, lift. 6in. x 6ft.; Lumber Room, 16ft. x 13ft. 6in.; Closet 4ft, x 3ft. 9in.; and Packing Room, 13ft.-Sin. x lift. The Manager’s House, to which there is a separate entrance, contains Dining Room, 19ft. 7in- x 16ft.; Drawing Room, 17ft. x 1,3 ft.; Bedroom, 19ft. x 14ft.; Housekeeper’s Boom, 16ft. x 12ft.; Bedroom, 14ft. x llft.; Bath Room, lift, x 6ffc.;, Kitchen, 14ft. x 13ft.; Pantry, lift, x Bft.; Wash House, lift, x Bft. 6in.; Bedroom upstairs, 16ft. x 14ft.; Bedroom. upstairs, 16ft. x 12ft. ’7in.; Drapery Closet, 4ft. Gin. x 4ft.; Wine Closet, 6ft. 6in. x sft. ■ The Outbuildings consist of Carriage House, 13ft. x Bft.; Stable, 12ft. lOin. x 6ft. llin.; Fowl House, 15ft. Sin. x Bft.; and Wood House, 12ft. lOin. x 10£t. 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 ; 1 also,- a capital well of water—and tanks fitted for receiving rain water. The buildings were put up by Mr. James Wilson, under the superintendence of ' Mr, Roberts, Cleric of the Works to the Royal Engineer Department, who was stationed in 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 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 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. 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. TV/TESSRS. BETHUNE. AND HUNTER IVI -will- sell by Public Auction at thensale rooms, Custom House Quay, on Monday, 18th December, 1876, at 2 o’clock— ’ 1 By order of the Mortgagees.. 1. AH that piece of Land containing Six Perches (more or less), being part of the Section numbered 531 on the plan of the town of Wellington, with a frontage to Molesworth Street of 30$ links by a depth of 124 links, together with the Shop and Dwelling' House erected thereon, now in the occupation of Patrick Brogan, Bootmaker. 2. All that piece of Land containing 37$ Acres (more or leas), being the Section numbered 191 on the plan of the Upper Hurt 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 Hurt District, now or lately in the occupation of John Watteraon. . Wellington, Ist December, 1876. TUESDAY, 12th DECEMBER. MR, FRANCIS SIDEY has received instructions from Mr. James Wingate, trustee in the estate of H. B. Cockburn, to sell by public auction, on the premises, Moles-worth-street, on Tuesday,, 12th December— Tho whole of the valuable stock-in-trade and tools of a coachbuiklor 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 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. , . , : ■ A 1.90, A four-wheel cab Tho sale is positively without reserve, and will ~; commence at 1 o’clock precisely. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. MR. R. J. DUNCAN begs to announce that ho has been favored With instructions from the Governors yf tho Wellington: College to sell by public auction, on an early day during Itho present mo.-th : of December, at his new auction rooms. Panama-street—- • The Lease for 21 years, renewable for a' further term of 21 years, of all that niece of Lancr.novy in tho occupation of, Edward Pearce, Esq., containing 25 perches, or, thereabouts, having a frontage 0f,,70ft., to Wilfis-street, by a depth of 100 ft., frontage to Lambton harbor, being part of tho 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, Hargetts, Esq. ;r Plans, conditions of sale, and all other particulars of sale,may be obtained en application, at the office of the auctioneer, Panama-street.: E O R G E S NELSON . AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION - . AGENT, ' PALMERSTON NORTH. c. Caah advanced on goods Sor absolute calc, and prompt account sales furnished.