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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 996, 10 December 1910, Page 10

■ On, Tuesday, January .24, 1911, at 2.30 p.m., Messrs. A. L.. Wilson and Co. will sell, at.. their rooms, Brandon Street, 1306 acres of. first-class totara, rimu, and matai. bush; This bush is the last block of good milling bush in the district, and is easy of access, anu can be cheaply worked. The bush fronts" the Mangapapa Stream, and is well watered and roaded, and within five miles of the Matarea Railway Station. In an advertisement in. this issue further particulars .will be found. ... "Silver and enamel necklet watch" is the subject of a' special announcement in this issue by Messrs. S. and T. Young, Ltd., Lambton Quay. New Zealand's grand annual military tournament will be held at Palraerston North on December 31 and January 2, •1911. A superb programme is announced and appears elsewhere; in this issue. Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co. havj. been favoured with instructions to sell at the workshops of Messrs. Mitchell and' King,. Woodward Street, on Tuesday, December 20, at 11 a.m., ,£IOOO. worth of aimost new and up-todate contractor's plant, consisting of four electric motors, 20-h.p, Crosjley's gas-engine, three side-planing machine, turning machine, and Suyyer planer, drilling machine, one steam log-hauling winch, etc. In an advertisement in this issue further particulars will be'found. ■ . Mr. E.' J. Hyanis, representing. Harringtons, Ltd., Sydney, inserts a special announcement in this issue, refcrrinj; to kinematograph films. '. . Messrs. W. H. Turnbull and Co. advertise particulars of a superior residence of eight rooms,'situated at Oriental Bay, together with about J aero of land. The house is well built, contains every modern convenience, and has a very fine view of tho harbour and its surroundings. ■Full particulars cani be obtaiucd from the firm. Messrs. .Harcourt and Co. are advertising properties at Upper Jlutt and Silver-, stream that, according to the prices Using asked in thesa localities, should result in several inquiries. They strongly reconimond tho house at Silverstream as an ideal residence and in. close proximity to. the golf links. Next April an international scientific party will gather at Tonga to witness an eclipse of the sun. Mr. Baracchi, the Victorian Astronomer, and Mr. Knibbs, Commonwealth Statistician, has requested the Minister for External Affairs to pro- , vide the passage money, about ,£.300, for 20 official representatives of tho Aftronomical Departments of the States to join tho party. It was stated that all the leading astronomical societies would be represented; Mr. Batchelor said that lie would bring the matter before the Cabinet. It. might be possible, he thought, ,to arrange for the Australian squadron:to convey tho scientific party to the isi land in ono of 'ts cruisers .