AUCTION & PROPERTY SALES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 18, 20 July 1907, Page 2

AUCTION & PROPERTY SALES.

THE TOWN OF riOROPITO. Tho auction sale of thia new town which will Ijo held in Auckland, by -Ucs-srs. Macdonald, Wilson and Co., in conjunction with Mr. T. iiandtno Jackeoii, on Wednesday next, has attracted a considerable amount of interest in tho districts along the Main Trunk lino. For tb.9 first time for many years in connection with tta creation of a new lowniihip, temporary buildings have been erected, and business has been created by a number of men who are, it is s.trite'cl, waiting for the auction sale to take place' in order to purchi.se building sections. The Government has created quite a. number of new townsuips between Taihnpe and Taumarunui, bat so far none of ti.e"e townships have assumed special piomincnce: It hns bean subdivided into 73 touq.sccUoEs, suburban ieotions and im.'ll fajma. lhe town is situated within twq^.ty chains of the new Horppito Railway Station, which will, it 'is stated, also be the Railway Station for the pieadnt centre of Rastihi. Horopito is situate midway between Wellington and Auckland, and will, the auctioneers state, be tie natural centre and competing point for the trade of {.he great timber asd pastoral country of th? Waimaiir.o, hitherto practically an incognito. Tjhq auctioneers point out' that tho ' important business relations which nra bsing opened up throughout tha whole of thedktrict to be traversed by tt.e jLiiii >iortli Trunk Railway gives a public intovost to the salo of wh.it they believe wilt, in a few years, bo one of the most important towns in* the colony. Persons desirous of investing, and who are unable to attend sale cay telegraph tlisiv instruction "to the au<rtio:ic6rs af, Auckland. Lithographic plan& can bo obtained from the auctioneers. I Messrs. Hai'court and Co. will sell hy auction on Thursday, Ist August, under instruction irom the Registrar of the Supremo CouH, two sis-roomed dwellings situated* in Northland. The land has a frontage of 132 ft to the old Mili-tary-road and a cimilar frontage to Harbour View-toad, and contains over one quarter of an aero. Further particulars and condilibtts of sale may bs obtained from tho auctioneers, or from Messrs. Skcrrett ai^d Wylie, solicitors, Latnbtoaqway Messrs. Harcourt and Co. insert a, special notice regarding a gentleman's nine-roomqd residence situated in Kel- ! burns, which they have for private sale. Ths f.rm ara solo agents for the property. Paiticulars of houses to let, both' furjiishcd and unfurnished, are also ( adverlicid. Alcssr^. J. IT. liethune and Co. insert an announcement in our auction column's with regard to ihe salo of a collection of books, which they arc holding at their rooms, / Fcatherston-strcei, on Wednesday neKt. commencing at 1 o'clock charp Some volumes ol interesting books will bf offered, and amongst them ara many; .books ou r?e\v ."oaland and the i Sont.lt Sca~ Islands, Works of Reference and General Literature, Statutes of. New ! Zealnud, Handbook of New Zealand Birds, Works by Dickens, Shakespeare, Thackeray, Scott, and Burns, and a Inrg6 number of modern works of fiction. The bocks are now on visw. Catalogues , may bs obtained on application to the I auctioneers, or will bo posted to any addrc'ss on application. The firm insert an amended list of hn&inesa and residential Eroperties which they have on their oolcs for private sala, also a number of housen to > let, both furnished and unfurnishsd. Messvs. Macdonald. Wilson and Co. insert full particularG in our auction columns of a sale of household furniture, upright grand pian6, etc., at No. 13, Ellice-avcuua (top of Brougham-avonue), on Monday, 22nd instant, at I.SO o'clock 'p.m. shavp, on account of Mr. A. Cornwall, who is leaving Wellington. Tho 1 sr.me firm al'jo insert particulars of a sale of oil paintings, water colours, and pastels by I. Douglass Porrett, Signor Nerli," and other well-known artists, in their rooms, 84, Lambton-quav, on Friday, 26th July, at 2 o'clock. Catalogues will bo ready on Tuesday. The pictures are now displayed on the walls of Iho auction rooms. The firm also advertise particulars of a sale of household furniture, etc., in their rooms, on Wednesday, at 1.20 o'clock. Messrs. W. F. Shortt, Limited, will sell a dentist's plant at tli/jir rooms, Willis-street, on Monday, at 2 o'clock. A new list of city and suburban properties which Messrs. East and East are offering for private sale appear; in this issue. The same firm also draw attention to their advertisement doaling with tho Kilbirnie Estate Company's sections. Some new properties are. advertisod in this" issue by Messrs. W. H. Turnbull and Co.. who avo agents for Ilataitai 1 Ectate, Fitsshorbfirt Estatn, and the Tirohavgn Estate (Yerex). Marked plans v/ill be sent' to any address on application iSfossw. Baker Bros, draw attention to their i-eplace advertisement of city and suburb:-'.! 'properties for sale.