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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5415, 5 August 1878, Page 4

Auctions THIS DAY, ■ MONDAY, sth AUGUST. At 1 o'clock. Continuation of the sale of the stock-in trade Xu the ASSIGNED ESTATE OF . MESSRS. BECK AND TONKS. THOMAS will continue the above sale this day (Monday), sth August, at 1 o’clock, at Messrs. Beck and Tonks’ storey. Manners-street, when the balance of the stock will be positively sold, consisting of— THE BRIG JANE’S CARGO. 1021 sacks maize 63 tons coal 5000 spokes ■46 pairs naves 1000 felloes Also, 1 Avery's weighing machine, complete, capable of weighing 3 tons Devoe’s kerosene 200 gunnies IG sugar Twist and flat tobacco Australian wines Flour," sacks, 100's and 50's Cigars, different qualities Chubb’s safes Desks, office furniture, *and general amount of stationery A large quantity of bones &c., &c., &c. Sale'at 1 o’clock. Terms'at sale. TUESDAY, 6th AUGUST. PUBLIC NOTICE. To Merchants, Shipowners, and Others, For Sale, on Tuesday, 6th August, at his Rooms, Lambton-quay, the substantial Brig Jane. GEORGE THOMAS has received instructions from the Trustees in the estate of Messrs. Beck and Tonks to sell by public auction, on Tuesday, 6th August— The substantial brig JANE, 100 tons register. Carries 300 tons, is Hobarton , built, newly sheathed and coppered at a cost of £260, and has just arrived from Newcastle with 1000 bags ef maize and 100 tons coals, and a quantity of wheelwright’s timber, all of which will be sold To-day (Monday), along with the stock-in-trade of Messrs. Beck and Tonks, as per advertisement: The Jane is insured for £IXOO. ■ Terms .liberal, declared at sale, N.B.—A full and complete inventory will ha prepared for inspection at the office of the Auctioneer the day prior to the sale. For further particulars apply to the captain on board, or to GEORGE THOMAS, Auctioneer and General Merchant, Wellington. THURSDAY, 29th AUGUST, At 2 o’clock. IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS. SALE OF FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES. INiTHE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF BECK AND TONKS, WELLINGTON.. GEORGE THOMAS has received instructions from the Trustees to sell by public auction, on Thursday, 29th August, at 2 o’clock, at his rooms, 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 Willlsstreet, being on a level with the approach from Willis-street; third (floor is also approached from Willis-street, thereby only having to lift the goods one story,- which is accomplished by aa American lift, being a fixture on the third floor. The allotment of land on which the budding 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 16ft. leading from Willis-street. No. 2 Lor 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 as 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 Comhill-street, which is 24 links wide ; depth fropi Cornhill-streot, 120 links. Lease, 15 years to run, from last Juno. Ground rent, £3O per annum. The store erected on the above land consists of two storeys, is 30ft. frontage to Mannersstreet by 35ft. deep or thereabouts, is built of Now 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-storey building is erected, covering the whole of the land. Machinery and fixtures consist of a steamengine, 5 horse-power, working up to S, with a large Cornish boiler, built by K W. Mills, Esq., capable of supplying a 12 horso-powor .engine; two corn crushers, and two oats do.; one chaff-cutter (workx-. by steam), one bone-mill (do,); one powerful steam winch. The whole of the machinery is in thorough working order. Plans of both properties to bo seen at the office of the auctioneer, who would beg to remind capitalists, both iu Christchurch and Dunedin, that these freehold premises are de-’ cidedly the most eligible for carrying on a largo business (having every facility, as well as being situated in the two principal streets) now obtainable in Wellington. . Terms liberal, declared at sale, which will ho at 2 o’clock. Refreshments provided. For further particulars apply either by post or otherwise to GEORGE THOMAS, Auctioneer and General Merchant. Wellington, July 27th,