9.5 PERCHES, $31,500
A commercial site at the comer of Durham and Kilmore Streets was sold at auction on Thursday for ai 'most $l3 a square foot. I The 95 perch section ha* a street frontage of 54ft on Durham Street and 48ft on Kiknore Street. A colonial i weatherboard building which 'occupies the site is a familiar landmark at the intersection
Bidding was brisk and soon reached the selling price ,of $31,500 ($l2 85 a sq. ft). The Government valuation for the property, which faces the Town Hall and the site of the proposed Civic Centre, ‘is $20,750, The name and intentions of the buyer were not disclosed A three-bedroomed. rough'cast bungalow on a 35.3 perch section at 54 Warden .Street. Shirley, was sold for t $19,400. The Government valuation for the property is i $7700. I The auctioneer in both instances was Mr E. G. Keenan, for Binns. Barber and Keenan Ltd.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33253, 16 June 1973, Page 9
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