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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5433, 26 August 1878, Page 4

Auctions TUESDAY, 27th AUGUST, At noon. To Contractors and Uni-dors. \/fR. GEORGR THOMAS has received LyJL instructions to sell by public auction, nn Tuesday, 27th August, a> noon, on the Reclaimed Laud, near the Hail way Station — IS jarrah piles, 17 to 50 feet 13 pieces sawn jarrah timber Sleepers Without reserve. With all fault-i. Terms cash. TIIUIISDAY, 29th AUGUST, At 2 o'clock. IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS. SALE OF FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES. IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF BECK AND TONKS, WELLINGTON. EORGE THOMAS has received instructions from the Trustees to sell by public auction, on Thursday, 20th August, at 2 o’clock, at liis rooms, those splendid freehold premises contained in Lot No. 1—

No. 1 Lot. A throe-storey warehouse (freehold'), erected iu 1370; contractors, Rountree and Russell ; architect, G. Tringimm, Esq. The whole of the frame Hobartou 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, Soft, frontage to Mannersstreet ; depth, 80ft. or thereabouts. Ground floor approached from Mannersstreet ; seooud floor approached from Willisstreet, being on a level with the approach from Willia-street ; third 'floor is also approached from Willia-street, thereby only having to lift the goods one story, which is accomplished by au American lift, being a fixture on the third floor. The allotment of land on which the building is erected is 50ft. to Manners-street, with a depth of 140 ft. Sin., having a frontage at the rear to a right-of-way of 16ft. leading from Willia-street. No. 2 Lot Contains 6-lft. frontage to Willis-street by a depth of 06ft. 7in., down a right-of-way from Willia-street, and adjoins No. 1 Lot, of 64ft. frontage to the said right-of-way. This section has beeu 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 21 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 laud consists of two storeys, is 30ft. frontage to Mannersstreet by Soft, deep or thereabouts, is built of New Zealand timber (that is, the frame), covered with corrugated iron, and the frout 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 largo 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 !•;. W. Mills, Esq., capable of supplying a 12 horse power engine ; two corn crushers, and two oats do.; one chaff-cutter fworkby steam), one bone-miil (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 w ell 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. THURSDAY, 20th AUGUST. A VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY EOR SALE IN KBNT-TERRACE. Immediately after the Sale of Messrs. Beck and Tonka’ Freehold Estate. GEORGE THOMAS has been favored with instructions from the Rev. C. D. DeCaatro, to sell by Auction— Three Sections of Land fronting KentTerrace, each 44 feet frontage by 100 feet depth to Pirie-street; together with hia Family Residence erected thereon. The House contains two storeys, with ten rooms, possessing every comfort for a family, having out-oflioes in rear, and flower garden in front. The whole properly will first be put up in one lot, and if not sold, thou each section separate. Title Guaranteed. Terms liberal, declared at sale. For further particulars apply to GEORGE THOMAS, Auctioneer, Wellington. TUESDAY, 3rd SRPTEMcid.R, At 1 o’clock. [Sale at the Mungaroa Hotel. MR. J. H. WALLACE is instructed by • Mr. Thos. Wagg (who is retiring from the hotel) to sell by public auction, at the Mungaroa Hotel, Upper Hutt, on Tuesday, 3rd September, at 1 o’clock— The whole of the household furniture and effects in tiro Mungaroa Hotel, Upper Hutt, together with horses, pigs, and sundries. Side a,t 1 o’clock, Tuesday, 3rd September. 2559 ACBES, PORIRUA. Mil. J. 11. AV ALLACE, Estate Auctioneer, is instructed by the Hon. Wi Parata and others, to sell by public auction, at the land mart, Hunter-street, Wellington, at au early date, of which duo notice will be given—--2559 acres Taupo, Porirua, bounded on the north by Haukopua, on the west by Motuhara, on the cast by Crown land, on the south by the sea, and south-east by sections 82, 84, 85, 80, Porirua Harbor. Plan and particulars at the office of the auctioneer. Land and Estate Agency Office, Hunter-street, Wellington, August 2.

Education IGH SCHOOL vou YOUNG LADIES, Tile Knoll, Wallace-street, Wellington.— Principal, Mrs. H. Lawson, o£ Westminster Training College; First-class Queen’s Scholar, and Certificated Drawing Pupil of School of Arts, Kensington. Half-term will commence on 13th July; prospectuses on application. References to Archdeacon Stock, Rev. R. Coffey, J. Knowles, Esq., and parents of former pupils. A LADY of experience, formerly governess in the family of the late Richard Colxlon, desires engagement as Resident Governess to Children under fifteen, in a gentleman’s family in New Zealand. Acquirements : English (generally), French, and Gorman (grammatically), Pianofoito (c'aasical and modem music), Elementary Drawing and Needlework. Church of England. Reference ; Miss Cobden, i till-top, Midhurst. Address; Miss Langridgo, Midhurst, Sussex, Eug'laUd.