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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue XXII, 19 December 1881, Page 3

TUESDAY, 20th DECEMBER* At 11 o'clock sharp. \ BANANAS AN~D~COCOANIJ(rS. Sale of above Postponed trim tc-day (in consequence of fruit not being all landed and sorted) until To-morrow, at 11 . /GEORGE THOMAS will sell, as above— 370 bunches bananas 30 sacks coeoanut3 Terms cash. No reserve. SALE BY AUCTION TUESDAY, 20th DECEMBER, At 2 o'clock p.m. At Newtown, two doors beyond the Newtown Hotel. DWAN & CO., favonred with instructions from a gentleman who ia leaving the district, will sell by auction as above^ — A large and well-selected stock of household furniture, cooking utenails, &c, comprising some of the following lines : — Chests of drawers, cheffoniers, parlor suites, toilet sets, spring mattresses, iron bedsteads, chairs, tables, carpets, lookingglasses, revolving chairs, chinaware, glassware, clocks, cooking utensils, &c, &c. ; also, a small lot of standard books DWAN & CO. TUESDAY, 20th DECEMBEE, At 2 o'clock p.m. IMPOETANT SALE. Tt/TB. J. D. FRASER, having received instructions from the Mortgagee, will sell by public auction, at Anikawa, Queen Charlotte Sound, on Tuesday, the 20th December, at 2 o'clock p.m. — THAT MAGNIFICENT SAWMILL PROPERTY, situate at Anikawa, and fitted up with all modern steam appliances Also, THE BULLOCKS, HORSES, COTTAGES, BLACKSMITH'S SHOP, and OFFICES in connection therewith The right to cut timber from adjoining lands The above property and plant ia distant abont eight miles from Picton, and ia one of the largest and moßt complete estates of its kind in the Province of Marlborough, and is in thorough working order. Full particulars of the machinery, plant, and cutting rights, &c, &c, can be obtained from Mr. ALFRED ROGERS, Solicitor ; Or from THE AUCTIONEER, At Blenheim. J. D. FRASEB, Auctioneer. For continuation of Auctioneers' advertisements, see page 4.) Faculty Buildings, Glasgow, 2nd Nov., 1881. John Maginnity, Esq., Wine Merchant. DEAR SIB, — • We are shipping per Alastor, whioh leaves London on 10th inst., six casks of our very finest old Scotch Whisky. Invoice, 8.L., &c, by next mail. The Whisky has been matured in sherry wood, therefore has a golden colour. You say you do not care if it costs more than the last, provided the quality is better. We have ,taken advantage ot this permission to send .yon a blend of old Scotch Whisky such as we think we a"o justified in saying never was surpassed .n any Scotch Colony, and we shall ba glad to learn that you and your customers confirm this opinion. Nothing finer can be shipped. Youra faithfully, D. McDOUGALL & CO. WELLINGTON ATHEN^JUM. NOTICE. AFTER Ist January next the Beadingroom of the Institute will not continue to be open on fc-undays. The Committee does not feel justified in continuing the expense and attendanco necessitated by Sunday opening, in view of the extreme indifference manifested by members since the experiment has been made, the average attendance on this day being yeiy limited. Subject to conditions which may be learnt on application to the Librarian, members may, for their convenience, between the hours of 9.45 and 10 p m. on Saturdays, take out any recently - arrived maerazine from those on the Reading-room tables, Buch magazine being strictly returnable by 10 a.m. on the following Mondays. This latter clause must, however, a<? a matter of necessity, be rigidly enforced in all cases. By order of the Committee. T. KING, Hon. Sec. TO LAWN TENNIS PLAYERS. JUST LANDED. LARGE assortment of the celebrated Backets and Tennis Setß marked G.G.B. with arrow through centre; also, Nets, Poles, Markers, and Balls. Inspection invited. WILLIAM DAWSON & CO., Furnishing Ironmongers, Featherston and Gret-streets. A DIVIDEND in the Estate of Thomas Scholea, of Bideford, Storekeeper, will shortly be declared. Creditors are requested to send in their proofs before the 24th mat. C. A. BAKER, Trustee. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. ANY person may appoint the Public Trustee executor and trustee under his will or codicil. Any present trustee may transfer the management of trust property to the Public Trustee, who will thereupon hold such property npon the original trusts attaching thereto. Any person, company, association, or public body within or without the colony, may place any property belonging to them in charge of the Public Trustee upon trust for such uses aa may be defined in the deed creating the trust. Any building, hind, or friendly society may, by its rulea, provide that property belonging to it may he placed in the Public Trußt Office, for such trusts and uses and with such, powers as may be defined in or by the said rules. The advantages offered are :— Ist. State Guarantee against peculation, fraud, or dishonesty. 2nd. All proposed investments are considered by a Board, consisting 1 of the Honorable Colonial Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Government Insurance Commis sioner, and the Public Trustee. Careful consideration of all securities offered it therefore ensured. 3rd. The Public Trustee, in his corporate capacity, nevjbr dies, never leaves the COUNTRY, and NETER BECOMES INCAPACITATED, thua avoiding the many inconveniencea resulting from frequent freah appointments of Trustees, necessitated by death, change of abode, or mental or bodily infirmity. 4th. Punctuality and promptitude in the remittance of periodical payments to beneficiaries under trust or will to any part of the colony or elsewhere at which it may be desired .that payments should be made. sth. The effective check which is called into operation before any moneya can be drawn from the Public Truatee'a account. 6th. Reasonable charges : On estates such as are now being considered the Public Trustee ia authorised to charge H per cent, on all receipts, and 1 \ per cent, on diabursementa, and 5s per cent, on »11 moneya invested. No charge ia made for obtaining probate, nor for passing Btamp and property tax returnß, nor for correspondence however voluminous. Thus the saving to estates placed in th™ office is considerable. B. C. HAMERTON, Public Trustee.