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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5413, 2 August 1878, Page 4

Auctions THIS DAT, FRIDAY, 2nd AUGUST. ■ SALE OF STOCK, In the ASSIGNED ESTATE .OF MESSRS. BECK AND TONES. THOMAS will Bell by public auction, at the stores of Messrs. Beck and Tonks, Manners-street, on Friday, 2nd August, at IX o’clock— The Entire Stock-in-Trado, Consisting of— j About 30 tons Hour, Victorian and Colo- J nial, various brands Wire nails Oats Blacking . Currants Raisins Weighing machine ! Flour mill - Bottled beer and stout Raw linseed oil Tea, in half-chests and bores Hams and bacon i Cheese Soap Geneve, JDKZ Sugar, I.OVand brewing crystals Vestas, 250’s and plaids Salmon Sardines Also, the Jane’s Cargo from Newcastle, consisting of—--1021 sacks maize 63 tons coals 5000 spokes ■43 pairs naves, assorted 1600 felloes, assorted. Full particulars in future advertisements. . Luncheon provided. Terras at sale. THURSDAY, 29th AUGUST, At 2 o'clock.. IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS. SALE OF FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES. IN IT HE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF BECK AND TONKS, WELLINGTON. GEORGE THOMAS has received instructions from the Trustees to sell by public auction, on Thursday, 29th Augn-t, at 2 o’clock,' at his rooms, Lambton-quay, those splendid freehold premises contained in Lot No. 1— No. 1 Lot. A three-storey warehouse (freehold), erected in 1876; contractors, Rountree and Russell ; architect, C. Tringham, Esq. The whole of the frame Hobarton hardwood (extra size); front planked and panelled with heart of kauri, as well as flooring ; sides, back, and roof covered with corrugated iron ; size of building, 50ft. frontage to Mannersstreet ; depth, 80ft. or thereabouts. Ground floor approached from Mannersstreet ; second floor approached from Willisstreet, being on a level with Ihe approach from Willia-street; third floor is also approached from Willis-street, thereby only having to lift the goods one story, which is accomplished by an American lift, being a fixture on the third floor. ■ _ The allotment of land on which the building is erected Is 60ft. to Manners-street, with a depth of .140 ft. Bin., having a frontage at the rear to a right-of-way of 16tt. leading from Willis-street. No. 2 Lot Contains 64ft. frontage to Willis-street by a depth of 66ft, 7in.,.down a right-of-way from Willis-street, and adjoins No. 1 Lot, of 64ft, frontage to the said right-of-way. This section has been occupied ae a timber yard. No. 3 Lot Contains a leasehold property of 51 links frontage to Manners-street by a depth of 180 links, leading down I Cornliili-atreet, which is 24 links wide ; depth from Oornhill-street, 120 links. Lease, 15 years to run, from last June. Ground rent, £3O per annum. The store erected on the above land consists of two storeys, is 30ft. frontage to Mannersstreet by 85ft. deep or thereabouts, is built of New Zealand timber (that is, the frame), covered with corrugated iron, and the front rusticated boards; roof also iron. Also, a lean-to attached to the building at the east side at the rear. Adjoining the lean-to, at the back of the building, the framework of a large two-storoy building is erected, covering the whole of the land. Machinery and fixtures consist of a steamengine, 5 horse-power* working up to 8, with a large Cornish boiler, built by 15. W. Mills, Esq , capable of supplying a 12 horse-power engine; two corn crushers, and twooatiido.; one chaff-cutter (workby steam), one bono-mill (do.); one powerful steam winch. The whole of the machinery isrin thorough working order. Plans of both properties to be seen at the office of tlie auctioneer, who would bog to remind capitalists, both in Christchurch and Dunedin, that these freehold premises are decidedly the most eligible for carrying on a large business (having eyury facility, as well as being situated in the two principal streets) now obtainable in Wellington. Terms liberal, declared at sale, which will be at 2 o’clock. Refreshments provided. For further particulars apply cither by post or otherwise to • • GEORGE THOMAS, Auctioneer and General Merchant. Wellington, July 27th. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. The Most Important and Interesting Auction Sale Advertised for Many Years Past In the Provincial District of Wellington. Iflt. R. J. DUNCAN has been instructed I.VIL by James Giliigan, Esq ,to give.notice that at the request of a considerable number of settlers ho will offer for sale by auction, within a few days after the railway train runs to Featherston, which is expected to be in first week in September— The Township of WAEDKLL, About nine miles from Mastertou, on the main road to Custlcpuiut This township forms a portion of the farfamed and well-known property known as Abbotsford, Tauora, really the only available site for a township between Maeterton and Castlepoint on the main trunk lino of road. Tho township is now being surveyed, and lithographed plans are in course of preparation, and will be ready for distribution in alow days. The terms will bo most liberal. ■