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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5429, 21 August 1878, Page 4

Auctions? THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, 21st AUGUST, At 1 o’clock. Sale of Balance of Stock, by order of the Executors of the late Hon. W. B. Rhodes. GEORGE THOMAS has received instructions from the Executors in the estate of the late Hon. W. B. Rhodes, to sell by auction, at their stores, on Wednesday, 21st August, at 1 o’clock— The balance of stock, consisting of—--4 cases ladies' riding hats, from Bennett and Co., London 99 do Associated Vineyard Co.’s brandy 45 do Martell’e do 7 qr-caska Lemon Hart’s rum 9 do Bruno Silva’s port wine, 4 diamond 10 qr-caaks and octaves do, 3 diamond and 3 star 20 cases champagne, B. and P. Perrier 1 Chubb’s iron door, with shelves complete, for strong room 4 iron hand gates 5 hhds sheepwash tobacco, in bond and duty paid 1 do do 12 casks whiting 17 do beer and stout, duty paid 32 half-chests tea, No. 153 50 do do do, No. 133 70 boxes do, No. 113 2 bales woolpacks 12 cases port wine 25 do Southern Vineyard Prop’s brandy 10 do Hennessy’s dark do 50 do do, pale do 50 cases 4-gall n geneva 5 sherry wine 33 casks Day and Martin’s blacking 40 do Champion’s vinegar 16 cases Morton’s lobster and salmon 40 casks sheet zinc 20 cases currants 1 cask soda crystals 10 cases table salt 170 bags rice Terms at sale. No reserve. THURSDAY, 29th AUGUST, At 2 o’clock. IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS. SALE OF FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES. IN THE 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, Lambton-quay, those splendid freehold premises contained in Lot No. 1— No. 1 Lot. i 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 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 the third floor. The allotment of land on which the building is erected is 50ffc. 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 C4ft. 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 paid 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 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 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-storey 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 K. W. Mills, > Esq., capable of supplying a 12 horse-power engine ; two corn crushers, and two oats do.; one chaff-cutter (work-' 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 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. For further particulars apply either by post or otherwise to GEORGE THOMAS, Auctioneer and General Merchant. Wellington, July 27th. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. GIEORGE THOMAS has been favored T with instructions from the Rev. C. D, De Castro to sell by public auction, at an early date — His Family Residence, on Kent-terrace, Adelaide-road, with the grounds attached. Full particulars in a future advertisement. THURSDAY, 22ud AUGUST, At 2 o’clock. For Absolute Sale. MR. R. J. DUNCAN has received instructions from W. Berry, Esq., Trustee in the Estate of of Walter Coles, to sell by public auction, at his rooms, Panama-str et, on the above date, at 2 o’clock— The Clairemont Brickyard, situated in the Mungaroa Valley, 23 miles from Wellington, together with the whole of the plant of tools now on the ground, including—--1 Clayton's patent brick-making machine 24ft. water-wheel, with about 12 chains of flmning 4 drying-sheds, 60ft. long 1 brick cottage, 20 x 10 1 saw-bench, with three saws Also, Lease of 15 acres of land, held at a rental of £2O per annum for 21 years, subject to renewal on the same terms. The auctioneer begs to c *ll particular attention to the above, which will afford an opportunity for securing a valuable property, and one likely rapidly to rise in value. PRELIMINARY NOTICE, The Most Important and Interesting Auction Sale Advertised for Many Years Past In the Provincial District of Wellington. %y|"R. R, J. DUNCAN has been instructed (.VJL by James Gilligan, 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 bo in first week in September— The Township of WARDELL, About nine miles from Masterton, on tho main road to Castlcpoiut This township forms a portion of tho farfamed and well-known property known as Abbotsford, Tauora, really tho only available site for a township between Masterton and Oastlepointou tho main trunk lino of road. The township is now being surveyed, and lithographed plans are in course of preparation, and will bo ready for distribution in a few days. "Tho terms will bo most liberal