' r ,r-"'‘-' . ' WEDNESDAY, 24th APRIL, 1 j At 2 o'clock, 1 ' I Important and Genuine, Clearing Sale of Merchandise, Groceries, Wines, Spirits, Ales, Teas, &o. GEORGE THOMAS has received positive instructions to sell by public auction,' at his rooms, Lambton-quay, on Wednesdays 24th April,’ at 2 o’clock— ’ I 150 boxes new season tea, Lydia, 88 100 „ „ ~ assorted brands 50 half-chests tea Canterbury cheese, Eleme and Valencia raisins Morton’s, Pinks’, and Edwards’ pickles Captain White’s pickles Baking powder, large and small Candied peels, twine Soda, sardines, sauce Sugar (Melbourne and Sydney) Hennessy’s brandy, in cases ■ . ; Denis Mounie’s do, in cases Port and sherry wine Whisky (English and Colonial) Tennents, Bass, and, Jeffreys’ ale New and old flour Bran Oats Wheat ... Potatoes Also, 100 sacks fowl’s barley, to be sold cheap 8 tons fencing wire, Nos. 6,7, 8, and 9 20 kegs cut nails, without reserve A large lot of Christchurch bacon and cheese, to be sold regardless of cost &c., &c., &c. Terms at sale. IMPORTANT LAND SALE. WAINUIOMATA ESTATE. Iv.J.- DUNCAN has received iniiVi . structious from Sir William Fitzherbert, to sell by public auction, at his saleroom, Panama-street, at an early dateSeveral valuable allotments of land on the Wainuiomata Estate. The land has been sub-divided into suitable allotments. A schedule of terms and plans will appear in a future advertisement. WEDNESDAY, Ist MAY. THE CHOICEST BUILDING SITES EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. TOWNSHIP OP KENSINGTON, On the Ohito-road, about twenty mimrtes’ walk from the Wellington Post and Telegraph Offices, Wharves, &c., &c. No Interest charged on Bills. ' Large Rebate allowed for Cash. WFINNIMOEE will sell by public , auction, on Wednesday, Ist May, at 11 o’clock precisely—--703 building sections in the above beautifully situated township. This beautiful township is unsurpassed FOR position, being within easy walking : distance of the centre of the City of Wellington, twenty minutes taking you to the wharf. 1 There can be no doubt that this and the sister suburb of Vogeltown'will ere long be connected by tram and rail with the city. .•' . : , Por health , and general salubrity .it is unequalled, being almost a seaside town. • Por the magnificence of its outlook, commanding as it does a p moramic view of Wellington City and Harbor, the Hutt, &c., on the one side, and Vogeltown, Newtown, Kilbirnie, Cook Strait, and the ocean beyond, on the other, it has no rival. : Per unlimited water supply, of the very purest, it is noted far and wide, .having, THREE splendid streams running through _it, never; failing in the most dry and parching seasons. , • Per the quality of the soiLit excels anything yet sold in or around Wellington, the fruitfulness ptthe orchards and gardens immediately adjoining it fully testifying to this. ; i , • Those who wish to escape the increasing taxation of the City, its disease and sickness, and the inconvenience and unpleasantness of living in thickly peopled localities, have now an opportunity of doing; so, and of securing sufficient land of most excellent quality-for horse and cow paddocks,., gardens, and orchards, at their own prices. There is very little doubt that in a short time this beautiful and healthy suburb will occupy aud bear the same relation to Wellington that SOUTH KENSINGTON does to . London ; hence freeholds will tdtimately become of great value. ! Remember the' PURE AIR and PURE WATER of Kensington will effect sufficient saving in the family doctor’s bills in one year to pay for two or three sections. At this sale there, will , not, be the SLIGHTEST RESERVE, on any section offered, thus, affording all classes a legitimate and profitable . opportunity of investing a few pounds in the rapidly rising suburbs of Wellington. - I Terms— ; One-third cash deposit ; the balance by bills at 6 and 12 months, WITHOUT INTEREST. : Purchasers paying Cash instead of bills will be allowed a Rebate of SIX per cent, per annum. .1 Titles under Land Transfer'Act. Champagne Lunch in Laing’s well-known style. ~ THURSDAY, 9th MAY. IMPORTANT SALE OP MINING PROPERTY AND PLANT, i By Order of the Liquidators of the Para Para Iron and Coal Company (Limited). AUCTION ON THURSDAY, 9th MAY, At 12 o’clock, ’ On the Company’s Property, Colling wood. THE WHOLE of the PROPERTY and PLANT, viz.— ’ ! Lot 1. Lease from the Crown of all thej 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 the company’s freehold, the rest has been held under a lease at a peppercorn rent. Also, 2J acres and 13 sections of the township of Perntown, : all freehold, on which are six cottages, manager’s house, stables, storehouses, a Pooley’a 5-ton weighbridge; with house, and the wharf, with coni bunkers.’ This lot will include, all the ; plant on the above-described sections, which is everything necessary for working the. coalmine. i . Lot 2. j 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-tbn barges and one 10-ton punt, lying near the company’s wharf. They were built in Nelson,-andhavo been but little used, and will be,sold separately. • Conditions of sale, and catalogues i containing fuller particulars,,can bo had from the Liquidators, or from the Manager of the mine, who will show the property to any intending purchaser.' , ■ , For the convenience of intending purchasers, the steamer Lady Barkly will lease Nelson on the evening .of May 6,'arriving at! Colling-’ wood next morning, and returning lon' May lltb, thus-giving two clear.days for examining the various'lots before the sale. 1 1 , ‘JOHN’ R. ’ MABINi , . , Auctioneer. Nelson, March 18,1878 i“ -;-u >-. ■ ]
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5324, 20 April 1878, Page 4
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