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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5320, 15 April 1878, Page 4

Auctions TUESDAY, 16th APRIL, At 2 o’clock. GRASS SEED. Messes, j. h; bethtjne & co. Have been favored with instructions from the importers to sell by public auction, at their salerooms, corner of Feathers ton ana Brandon streets, on Tuesday, 16th April, at 2 o’clock— A choice variety of grass seeds, recently imported from England. White clover Sheeps’ fescue Yarrow Meadow fescue Timothy - Crested dogstail Poa pratensis Trefoil Alfalfa Lucerne Mixed pasture grass, &c., &c. Terms at sale. TUESDAY, 16th APRIL, At 2 o’clock. To Saddlers, Bootmakers, and Others. Messes, j. h. bbthune & co. have been instructed by the importers to sell by public auction, at their salerooms, corner of Eeatherston and Brandon streets, on Tuesday, 16th April, at 2 o’clock. Three packages leather, &c., received ex ’ Albion, from Melbourne, consisting of— Crop, calfskins, split calf Kang iroo leather, kangaroo lining Whip leather, &c., &c. Also, 1 bale King’s Island wallaby skins No reserve. gALE OF CROWN LANDS. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 20th March, 1878, NOTICE is hereby given that there will be offered for sale, AT PUBLIC AUCTION, IN THE COUNCIL HALL (Late Provincial Government Buildings, Wellington), On TUESDAY, 23rd APRIL, 1878, At 11 o’clock in the forenoon, 606 SECTIONS OP SURVEYED CROWN L AN D S IN THE PAHAUTANUI HUTT, OHAEIU MANAWATU WANGANUI EEATHERSTON, & MAURIOEVILLE DISTRICTS. Also, The TOWNSHIP OE CARNARVON, Lower Eerry, Rangitikei, Which has been subdivided into town and , suburban sections. Lithographed and other maps, also printed schedules of contents and upset price, may be seen at the reading rooms in the several centres of population ; at the Survey Offices, Wanganui, Patea, and Palmerston ; also, at the Laud Office, Wellington. Volunteer scrip can be exercised in the purchase of any land included in this sale. In addition to the price realised at auction, the Crown grant fee of one'pound and one farthing per acre for every acre over one hundred acres will have to be paid. Town and suburban Crown lands can only be purchased at auction. Rural lands unsold at auction may be purchased after thirty days’ public notice. : JOS. G. HOLDSWOETH, Commissioner of Crown Lands. THURSDAY, 9th MAY. IMPORTANT SALE OE MINING PROPERTY AND PLANT. By Order of the Liquidators of the Para Para Iron and Goal Company (Limited). :

AUCTION ON THURSDAY, 9th MAY, At 12 o’clock, On the Company’s Property, Collingwood. THE WHOLE of xhe PROPERTY and PLANT, viz.— Lor 1. Lease from the Crown of all the coal in 920 acres of land, for 21 years, from Ist day of January, 1870, at a royalty of 2 per cent., which shall not be less than £l6 a year. This is the company’s coalmine, and the seams have been driven into in several places,,; There are over 800 ft. of iron tramway in the drives, and from thence there is an iron tramway about two miles long to the wharf. Part of the land over which this goes is tho company’s freehold, the rest has been held' under a lease at a peppercorn rent. . Also, 2£ acres and 13 sections of the township of Perntown, all freehold, on which are six cottages, 'manager’s house, stables, storehouses, a Pooley’s 5-tou weighbridge, with house, and the wharf, with coal bunkers’. This lot will include all the plant on the above-described sections, which is everything necessary for working the coalmine. ’ Lot 2. ; 150 acres freehold, situated about a mile from the wharf above-mentioned. On it are two cottages and sheds, brick kiln, about 80,000 bricks, wharf, and a quantity of plant. Lot 3. Two 40-ton barges and one 10-ton punt, lying near the company’s wharf. They were built in Nelson, and'have been but little used, and will be sold separately. Conditions of sale, and catalogues containing fuller particulars, can be had from the Liquidators, or from the Manager of the mine, who will show the property to any intending purchaser. ! , ! Eor the convenience of intending purchasers, the steamer Lady Barkly will leave Nelson on the evening of May 6, arriving at Colling-, wood next morning, and returning on May 11th, thus giving two clear days for examining the various lots before the sale. JOHN E. MABIN, Auctioneer. Nelson, March 18,1878. WEDNESDAY', 24th APRIL. THOROUGHBRED YEARLINGS. MESSRS. J. T. FORD & CO.,in conjunction with Mr. F, C. Tabbart, will sell by public auction, at the Rink, Christchurch, on Wednesday, April 24, being the day after the Autumn Races, tho following thoroughbred yearlings, viz.:— Bay filly, by Traducer, out of Opera dam of Tambourini and Sonnambula, by II Barbiere out of Princess Chestnut filly, by Castaway, out of Moss Rose by Camden, dam by Sir Hercules out of Rosebud, by II Barbiere Brown filly, by Albany, dam Red Rose by Traducer out of Moss Rose Chestnut Colt, by Castaway, out of Patricienne by The .Peer, dam Marcia ’ by Calender out of Ada. [See N.Z.‘Stud Book.] The above yearlings will be offered and sold on their merits to the highest bidder, .without the slightest reserve., Traducer and Camden blood should be good enough for anything ; and, as the animals are well grown, healthy, and sound, tho sale will offer an opportunity for obtaining good racing stock at whatever prices they will realise. ■ . i ' ; ' i J. T. FORD & C 0.,; And F. C. TAB ART. r|MIE friends of Mr. P. L. CORSTON de--1 sire" information of his 'address ;or if not still alive, wheu and where he died. Such information please address to Thames Advertiser Office, Thames Goldfield,