LOWRY BAY LAND

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 34, 4 November 1929, Page 14

LOWRY BAY LAND

THE SKERRETT ESTATE SATURDAY’S SALE VALUES By reason of Its past associations and the appreciation of. land Talues generally on the eastern shore of the harbour, considerable Interest centred In the sale on Saturday at Lowry Bay, where Messrs. Finch, Webster, and Oswin offered at auction the well-known and beautiful home of the late Sir Charles Skerrett. The high quality of the property, and the beautiful weather, attracted a large attendance of the public, estimated at 200 persons. Seldom has a Wellington property come on the market in such splendid order, nnd the auctioneers congratulated the trustees, and. Miss Skerrett tn particular, on its condition. The property, comprising approximately 4J acres with a 13-roomed residence, standing in beautifully laid-out grounds facing the beach at Lowry Bay, was offered for sale as a whole, but found no buyer; nor was there a buyer for the house and the one acre block on which it stands. The property was then submitted to auction in lots, and a splendid sale resulted in every lot being cleared except the house and its magnificent garden block of one acre and one section of 62ft. frontage facing the beach. These lots are now in the hands of the auctioneers for private sale. The prices of the sections sold were as f °Lots' 1 and 2—Hillside sections of approximately one acre each, with birch and o» er native trees, £7OO each. 'mt s.—Area approximately 1 rood 21.< perches, with a frontage to the beach road of 65 feet and a depth of 240 feet, ~Loi 6.—Aren approximately 1 rood 0.4 perehes, with a frontage to the beach road of 60 feet and a depth of 230 feet, with a house of five rooms, £1550. X, ot 7—Section 80 feet frontage to beach road and depth-of 229 feet; area approximately 1 rood 26 perches, £1250. The boat-shed, fitted up with shower and apartments for bathing, was purchased for £lOO by the buyer of Lot 6. FOREIGN MARKETS . NEW SEASON’S DATE'S Private advices received in Sydney last week indicated that the steamer Noliata, carrying the first of the new season s dates for Australia nnd New Zealand, sailed from Basra on October 14-15. The Sydney agents of the ship could- not confirm this re ft is’ reported that several lines of fancy stuffed dates which arrived by a recent steamer from London were so seriously affected by grub that the health authorities will not allow them to go into consumption. Naturally, this will mean a shortage in these goods. Java Kapoo. The Java kapoc market is quiet on account of the withdrawal of American interest. but prices have not declined. It is believed sellers are financially strongenough to hold the market on account of the known shortage. ' , . . Quotations for A.B.T.N. shellac, which were unobtainable during the currency of the recent three months’ strike, are now offered for shipment by the direct steamer from Calcutta at 3s. 3d. per lb. c.i.f. and e, which is approximately the same price as when quotations were withdrawn. English tinned herrings are in short supply on the spot owing to the late arrival of certain brands, and the replenishing of Stocks is anxiously awaited. Buyers would be well advised to make sure, of .their supplies for early summer. The latest advices ’about Cochin ginger are that prices for new season’s supplies are flown about 2s. 6d. a cwt. Rangoon Bice. According to the most recent cable advices the Rangoon rice market is higher by 30s. a ton than the prices paid for the shipment arriving by the direct steamer early in January. The bulk of that business was placed at £l6 10s. per ton for No. 2 Rangoon rice, which is now quoted at £lB a ton. In tapioca and sago the market shows a slight reduction of about Cd. a cwt The price of cream of tartar, which recently rose from £lOO to £125 per ton for British 99 per cent., has declined to £llB 10s., but is likely to remain at about that fairly high level for some time to come. The quotations for Singapore preserved pineapples continue to rise. A large shipment was landed ex Narbada some weeks ago and a large quantity is on order for the next direct sailing. Some forward business is being done in ■French crystallised cherries for shipment next June. Mention was recently made of a trial shipment of Australian prunes from the returned soldiers at Young, New South Wales. Quotations for this frnit, which is of very good quality, are: 70-80's, 465. Bd.; 80-90's, 445.; 90-100’s, 405., for November-December shipment. At the price these prunes are good buying and business is being done. The price of Californian prunes is high at present, . SOUTH AMERICAN MEAT SHIPMENTS The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has received a cablegram from its representative at Buenos Aires, advising the fol-, lowing shipments to the United Kingdom for the fortnight ended October 24, from Argentine and Uruguay (the figures do not include exports from Patagonia, Chile or 8razi1)205,521 quarters chilled beef; 3400 quarters frozen beef; 30,397 carcasses ‘frozen mutton; 166,190 carcasses. frozen lamb. The quantity shipped to the continent of (Europe during the same period was as f0110w5:—39,034. quarters frozen beef; 19,909 carcasses frozen mutton;-5343 carcasses frozen lamb.