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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5426, 17 August 1878, Page 4

Auctions; THURSDAY, 29th AUGUST, At 2 o’clock. IMPORTANT' TO CAPITALISTS. SALE OP FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES. IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OP PECK AND TONES, WELLINGTON. GEORGE THOMAS has received instructions from tho Trustees to soil by public auction, on Thursday, 29tb August, at 2 o’clock, at his rooms, Lambton-i]uay,_ those splendid freehold premises contained in Lot No. 1— , . No. 1 Lot. A ' three-storey ■warehouse (freehold), ereoted in-1876; contractors, Roun- . ■ ■ -tree-and Russell ; architect, C. " Xringtmm, E«(. The whole of th<i frame Hobarton hard, wood (extra size);.front, planked and panelled with heart of kauri, ns well as flooring ; sides, back, and roof covered with corrugated iron ; size of building, SOft. frontage to Maimersstreet; depth, 80ft. or thereabouts. Ground floor approached from Mannersstreet ; second floor approached from Willisstreet, 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 an American lift, being a fixture on 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 16ft. leading from Willis-street. No. 2 Lot Contains 64ft. frontage to Willis-street by a depth of 06ft. 7in., down a right-of-way from Willis-street, and adjoins No. 1 Lot, of 64ft. frontage to the said right-of-way. Tin’s section has been occupied as a timber yai;d. No. 3 Lot Contains a leasehold property of 51 links frontage to Manners-street by a depth of 180 links, leading down Cornhill-street; which is 24 links wide ; depth from Cornhill-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 30tt. frontage to Manners-; street by 85ft. deep or thereabouts, is hu(lt of New Zealand timber (that is, the ■ frame), covered with corrugated iron, and the' frpnt rusticated boards; roof also. iron. A!sO, .a lean-to attached to the building /at thjSasti, side at the rear. ’/■VA ] Adjoining the lean-to, at the back of the) building, the framework of a large twb-stfireyj, 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 E. W. Mills, Esq.,, capable of supplying a 12 ‘ horse-power: engine ; two corn crushers, and: two oats do.; one chaff-cutter (workby steam), one bone-mill (do.); one powerful steam winch. The whole of the machinery is in thorough working order. Plans of both properties to be seen at the office of the auctioneer, who would beg to remind capitalists, both in Christchurch and Dunedin, that these freehold premises are decidedly the most eligible for carrying on a large: 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' be at 2 o’clock. Refreshments provided. Por further particulars apply either by post or otherwise to • GEORGE THOMAS, Auctioneer and General Merchant. Wellington, July 27th. ALE OP VALUABLE FREEHOLD STATION PROPERTIES, ituate in the Wellington Provincial District. ON THE Ist OCTOBER NEXT, rHE following valuable stations will be sold by public auction in Wellington—1. PAHAUA STATION, situate on the East Coast, and comprising about 19,000 acres of freehold land, fenced, with dwelling-house, woolshed, and other improvements ; about 17,000 sheep, 100 head of cattle, horses, &c. 2. BLAIRLOGIR STATION, situate at Whareama, comprising about 16,000 acres of freehold land, fenced, with dwelliug-h use, woolshed, and other buildings, and ■ absut 12,000 sheep. Delivery will be given after next shearing, ,y in January next. Tally of tho sheep to be .ken off the shears. For further information apply to , . EDWARD PEARCE. TUESDAY, 20th AUGUST. IMPORTANT SALE OF VALUABLE BUSINESS PREMISES AKU Unexpired Term of 42 Years’ Leases of Three - Sections ia PANAMA AND Bit AND ON STREETS, -V, IN The City of one block. MR. R. J. 3>tilfßAs?, intending to make considerablyiu_ his present business, will sell by publrc auction, on Tuesday, 20th August, at-‘2. o’clock,, at bis sale rooms, Panama-strcdt, "; Wellington, unless previously disposed of byjpiivUte contract— All the unexpired terra of lease of Sections No.v 75, tO* : 1 and r ‘ s 7'l,' held under the .term of 42 years from lsi^^My7 ; Tß72,*.fbi* first-named and .’for’,.a' similar term for. ; the two lastnamed Sections, 7.6 and 71, from Ist January, 1873. . The annual rentals for Section 75 is £24 for* first 21 ynars, and for Sections 70 and 7,1; together £37 IDs. fid. for first 21 years. Ail increase in rental of 50 per cent, advance takes; place for the second term of 21 years. The building in Panama-street consists of a four-story warehouse, offices, &c., amL is erected partly on Section 65a. and on Section 75 ; was built in October, 1876, of the best materials. This handsome warehouse has a frontage of 41 feet 11 inches (more or less)' by a depth of 75 feet, and immediately adjoins the extensive premises of Messrs. Thompson, Shannon, and Go., wholesale warehousemen: Section 71, in Braudon-street, has a frontage of 30 feet by a depth of 85 feet, and is connected at the back with Section 75, the depth of the two allotments from Panama to Bran-T don-street being exactly 170 feet. Section 70, adjoining 71, in Brandon-street, has a total frontage of 42 fest ; 12 feet or thereabouts of this frontage has been granted by deed as a right-of-way, which, however, expires on tho 3rd July, 1886, The depth of Section No. 70 ia 6S feet 6 inches, and is next to tho valuable and extensive premises of Messrs. Wilson and Richardson, corner of Lambton-quay and Brandonstreet. The position of this block is admittedly unsurpassed, if equalled, by any in tho city for business purpose*, being only one minute’s walk from the Queen’s Wharf and Warehouse, Post Olfice, Custom House, and tho head Telegraph Office for New Zealand. To any person acquainted with Wellington it is superfluous to say one word further as to tho value of its situation. Terms of payment;—Cash deposit 25 per cent.; balance by bills at 4,8, and 12 months, at 8 per cent, interest. Plans and other particulars may be had on application to 11. J. DUNCAN, Auctioneer, Wellington. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. The Most Important and Interesting Auction Sale Advertised for Many Years Past In tho Provincial District of Wellington. \/jfR. R. J. DUNCAN has been instructed IYJL by James Gilligan, Esq ,to give notice that at the request of a considerable number of settlers he will olfer for sale by auction, within a few days after the railway train runs to Eeatherston, which is expected to be in first week in September— The Township of WARDED!,, About pine miles from Maaterton, on the main road to Castlcpoiut This towfship forms the farfamed and ‘well-known known •a-s, Abbotsford, Tauera, really the only available site for a township between Mastertou and Caetlepoint on the main trunk line of The township is now being surveyed, and lithographed plans are in course of preparation, and will be ready for distribution iu n few days, Tho tormo will bo most liberal,