COMING LAND SALES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 66, 15 September 1906, Page 6

COMING LAND SALES.

" Messr3. Macdqnald, Wilaon and Co. insert in our auction columns to-day advertisements of sales of landed property to be 'held by them. By direction of tho lifo * tenant and trustees of the settled estate of Mr. Wm. Nicholson, under tho authority of tho Supreme Court, tho firm will sell, on tho 9th October, that business blocl:^ situato in Cuba-street, having a frontage of 70ft by the long depth of 159 ft 9in, with the shops and business premises thereon, which the auctioneers report aro at present let to various tenants. The block is well known as opposite To "Aro House. On the same dato the firm will submit twenty -five • quarter-acre building sections situate Palmorston North, oloso to tho Terrace End railway station. . Plans can be had frqiii the auctioneers. Under instructions from the Public Trusteo in. the estato of the late Mr. P. O'Farrell, the dairy farm proporty, containinjr 61 acres 3 roods S perches, situate at Manakau, on the Manawafcu Railway Company's line, and closo to the railway station there. On Thursday evening, at 7.30 o'clock, at the firm's Exchange Land Mart, they will submit sixteen level building- sections situato at Karori, having frontages "to Campbell-road, Pearcc-strect, and Dur-ham-street, landing from 50ft Sin by "depths up 'to 136 ft sm. These sections ad*join the cricket and hockey grounds and howling green, Plans^wil} be availablo ,on Tuesday. A preliminary announcement appears ot the^sale by auction on the 23rd October, at 7.30 o'clock, of tho subdivision of the Standon estate, Karori, comprising some two hundred and six sections of various sized areas. The block fronts the tciminU3 of the new Karori electric tramways. Small deposit and easy terms of sale are announced, and plans and full details tvill appear later. The firm insert a preliminary notice that they will sell, on 23rd7 .October, cloven building sections at Island Bay, having frontages to tho Pa.rade, Avon.. and. Clyde streets. Full details and lithographic plans will appear later. Tho firm also insert a preliminary notice of tho sale by auction in the month of October of the Tawa township, situate on the Wellington and Manawatu railway line, within somo ten mile 3of tho city. The subdivision will ' comprise building sites, blocks, and small farms, and eas;. terms of sale are announced. Plans and full details will appear later. Tho firm announce tho withdrawal from salo by auction 'of tho four dwcllinghouses. situato -Hankey-street, which .wore advertised for ■tbc"2sth inst. Tho firm advertise for private sale a residence close to the centre of the city, eight-roomed family residence, i -Thorndon, one-acre -section at Karori, -and family residence at Kolburno. A special •list of houses to- let is also advertised.

In connection with the opening of the new "pipe ■ organ at St. David's Presbyterian' Church, Petone, special services ■will be held to-mofrow, particulars of * which are advertised, A deputation consisting of Messrs. "W. J Jennings, E.J*L Smith, and H. J. j Greenslade, M.H.R.'s, Messrs. Moore _and Smythe (from the King Country), "and Messrs. G. V. Tait and Joseph Brown ! (from tho Taranaki County CounoiJ) wait- i ._cd ,on, the Minister for Public Works today- with- a number of requests for roads. - One of the speakers said that in asking"foV "roads the settlers were really asking for bread. The principal roads brought -under the notice of the Minister were the Tekaiti to Mohoenuf and the junction from Inglewood to Tarata. Incidentally: ■ 'the - Spotswood settlement came under review. It was stated that only three sections had been taken up by ~Sst.tlers. , This Mr. Hall-Jones promised to bring under the notice of tho -.Minister -for Lands. He could not give any un"ilertalcihg to furnish money for repairing road* that had already been metalled. The matters mentioned by the deputation had previously been brought nn'der his notice •by Mr. Jennings, and he could only inform them, as he_ has the member -for Egmont, that he could make no promises mitil he had carefully review&l ihe re"quests from all parts of the colony. The man in the back blocks would havo to •receive first consideration. He undertook to carefully study the deputation's requirements -vrith a view to seeing wnat could be done when the public worke estimates were being considered. - Two requests were made to the Minister for Railways to-day by a deputation from the Korth Island Horseownera' Association, consisting of Messrs. Major, M.H.R. (president), C. M'Mastere (secretary), Alison, and Herriea. One was that the regulation requiring "an owner to make application for a 'return of one-half the present* full rate each way for a horse travelling to and from a race meeting ehonld be abolish- ' ed, and in lieu thereof half rates each way- be charged. It was explained to the Minkttr that if the proposal was . adopted' the necessity for applying for the refund of half the present charge would be obviated/ and the department ■would not lose any revenue. The deputation also asked that all horae boxes* in trains -snould be lighted at night. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones said he considered both request* were very reasonable, and he promised to give them early consideration. ' Messrs. J. H. Bcthune and Co. insert 'advertisements with regard to a land auction sale which they will hold at their rooms, Featherston-itrcet. on Wednesday, 26th inst., at 2.30 p.m. They will submit a cottago property at Crofton, situated opposite tho Wcsleyan Churoh, containing five rooms, with conveniences, land 00 x 217 ft. Also two freeholds in Queen-street, Petone, one having a frontage of 39ft 7in X 99ft, with tho 8u:-roomed dwelling, and the other having tho satno frontago and depth as the abovo, with tho four-roomed cottage, No. 5, thereon, situated near tho Ssplanade. On Wednesday, 24th October -Jcxt, at their rooms, Messrs. Bcthuno and Co. will submit at auction tho suburb of 'Highbury. Tho property is situated near the Karori reservoir, and within a few minutes' walk of tho Aro-strcct terminus of the electric tram lino. - Tho various yections overlook tho city, and command lovely harbour views. Plans aro being prepared, and will bo forwarded to any address. Messrs. Bcthune and Co. insert an amended list of business and residential properties whicli they havo on their book 3 for private Bale, and they also advertise a number of houses to let, both furnished and unfurnished. A caretaker for tho South Wellington School is advertised for in to-day's issue