AUCTION & PROPERTY SALES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 09, 11 January 1908, Page 2

AUCTION & PROPERTY SALES.

PALFREY ESTATE. Messrs. Harcourt and Co. announce the salo at their rooms-- on Friday, 24th January, at 2.30 p.m., of tho Palfrey Estate, Uppor Hutt, adjoining tho railway, close to the racecourse, tho golf links, riflo range, etc. Ihe auctioneers state that during tho last few years 80 acres have been dedicated to streets, eight miles of roading have been formed, over 80 houses have been erected at a cost of upwards of £50,000, and it is now proposed to form it into a borough. Ihe Palfrey Estate is described as being in i tho centre of these developments. Tnero aro frontages to the main road with new streets 66ft wide, fully formed and metalled. None of the sections has a. less frontage than 60ft. The Education Department baa bought three acres in the Palfrey Estate, and is about to erect the new Upper Hutt schools. Tha terms of salo are— Deposit of 10 per cent., 5 per cont. within throe months, and the balance at any time, bearing 4£ per cent, interest. Mr. C. Benzie, of the Trentham Hotel, will direct or drive intending purchasers over tho estate. Messrs Harcourt; and Co. advertise the following auction sales at their rooms, Lambton-quay, at 2.30 p.m. on each date : — On Tuesday, 14th January, by order of the mortagoo, 208 acres of freehold at Waitotara, near Wanganui, being section 13, Block 5, oa the map of tho Omahine survey district, Waitotara; on Wednesday, 15th January, a piece of land, containing 5 acres 3 roods and 8 7-10 perches; also on the same date sixteen tiuilding sites,, at Melrose, being subdivisions of p^art of section No. 6 with frontages to buthevland-road, overlooking Newtown Park, close to the trams. The auctioneers also advertise for sale the family mansion and grounds, the residence of the late Sir Walter Buller, situate in Wellington-ter-race. The residence contains 19 living rooms. On Friday, 24th 'January, four building sections' at Wailaoeville, being two sections in Campbell-street, each with a, frontage of 40 feet by a depth of 103 feet, and two sections in Murray-street each with a frontage of 41 feet 2inches by a depth of 265 feet, and close to the railway station ; on Tuesday, 28th January, land with frontage of 75 feet to Crescant-road by a depth of 101 feet and being part of section 26, Rosenoath, with tho two storoy huilding erected thereon forming- two residential flats, known as Byrt Morgan." HATAITAI. The advantages of Hataitai arcs adverfcisod m our auction columns, whero a sale of 175 sections ia announced for Wednesday, 15th January. The points claimed are proximity, to the centro of the city, penny tram faro, special terms to those who undertake to build within six months, gas, water, drainage, end electric light. Tho auctioneers point out the extension of Kilbirnie generally, the Evans Bay reclamation scheme, and the contemplated increase of activity in connection with the Patent Slip. Tho 'terms of sale are described as oasy. Messrs. "W. H. Turnbull and Co. are tho auctioneers, and will personally conduct intending buyors over the property at any time. Representatives of tho firm will bo on tho ground every Wednesday and Saturday before tho auction to assist visitors. All sections aro pegged and flagged. Plans may be obtained from tho auctioneers, ot from Bouttell's store, Moxham-avenue-CITY AND SUBURBAN LANDS. | Messrs. J. H. Befhune and Co. advertise a property sa-Ie which they are holding at their rooms on Wednesday noxt, tho 15th mst., at 2.30 p.m. On behalf of the oxecators m tha estate of the late David Hall. City Missioner. they am submitting two residences in Mulgrave-street, opposite St. Paul's Church, containing 7 and 6, rooms respectively. A block of Hand having a 62ft frontage to George-street, off Tinakoriroad, by a depth of 132 ft, also Having a 4-foot right-of-way on the eastern boundary, together with throe cottages, will also be offored ; and adjoining this blook afc the rear, a section 48ffc lOin by 64ft, > fronting right-of-way 9ft llin wide to Saundars-lane, off Tinakori-road. On account of Mr. J. Andrews, Willis-street, they will sell his freehold, and leasehold properties approach lod by entrances froni VVillis-street and' Abel Smith-street, and 'adjoining the Willisstreot Schqol. The. freehold land contains 33.92 parches, and the ,lei?ehold about 25 Eorches, and upon them are" two dwellingouses of 5 and 6 .rooms, and workshops," engine-room, cooperage 1 , etc. Tho property wjll be offered first- as a whole, ' together ' with enftinoa and maobinery, and if. not 1 sold in, this 'manner, tha land will be sold separately eithor in one or two blocks. On Wodnesd*y, 12th February next, at 2.30 p.m. at their rooms, und^r - instructions from the Registrar of thia Supreme Court, a freehold property at Petone, comprising land with a frontage of, 50ft to Ba>y-streot t>y a depth of 108 ft with the 5-roomed dwelling thereon will bo submitted. The firm advertise to let Mr. G. A. Troup's Kelbouvno property ; also insert an amended list of business and residential properties foe private salo, and houses to let. RONA BAY, LOWER HUTT, ETC Messrs Macdonald, Wilson and Go. ineerfc in our auction columns to-day advertisements of sales of landed estate. On , Friday, 24th January, at 2.30 o'clock, under instructions froni the Rona Bay Estate Proprietary, they will submit nineteen seaside building sections at Rona' Bay, adjoining the vineries of Mr. Bartolo Russo. The sections range in frontagos from 33 feet to over 66 feet, and areas 'up td over an aero. The streets are formed and metalled, and tho sections aro in close proximity to tho Rcua Bay wharf. Easy terms qf sale aro announced, aud lithographio plans can be obtained on application to the auctioneers. Visitors to the sections will find tho sections flagged, denoting their number. The same firm will sell on the 21et January, at 2dO o'clock, a sovon-rooined residence ; also vinery, stable, fowlEhed, etc., and land, having a frontage of "66 feet to Charles-street. Kilbirnie, by a clopth of 200 feet. The firm will also cell on this date by instruction from the trustees of the estate of the late- Mr. J. F. E. Wright, a business building site having a frontage of 33 feet to Tory-treet close to Vnian-street, by a depth of 8L feet together with tho shop, dwelling, and bakehouso ihcreon. partly destroyed by firo ; also on same date, on account of other vendors, fi\e-roomed residence "with section, 44 feet 8 inches frontage to Dorkingroad, Boxhill, Brooklyn, by depth of 149 feet ; t\\ o-otorv balcony "residence of nine rooms and section, having a , frontage of 48 feet to Thorndon-qmy, by a depth of 87 feet under instructions from Sister Francis Zavier who is giving up leaching and leaving the Dominion, her property at Seatoun comprising the Ladies' Seminary, containing ten rooms and section Jha.ving 21S feet frontage to -the Seatoun-ioad. Level section 66 feet x 142 feet with new two-roomed whare sjtuate Paikakariki, and a building section at Maranui containing over a quarter acre. On the 29th January, al their Kxehange Land Mart, the firm will offer tho Kilryingnt Estate, Blackbridge, Lower Hutt, subdivided into 124 building factions. A preliminary notice appears of tlia sale by auction early in February, by order of the executors of tho estato of tho late Mr. E. W. Mills, ot the freehold ettate and manfion, Sayes-court, situate Aurora and Clifton-terraoes. UPPER HUTT TOWNSHIP ESTATE. The sale of this block of land, which is described as being situated . in tho centro of the business portion of ihe Vppev Hutt, will be conducted by Mctsrs W. Il'.I I . Shortt, Ltd., at their room?, Willis-street, Monday evening, 20th January, at 7.30 o'clock, tho estate, which is said to be perfectly level, has been subdivided into sections ranging in area pf from one eighth of an acre to five acres. The majority of the section? are loss than five minutes' walk from the railway station. . Plans are now ready and may be ohtained from the auctioned s or at the residence on the estate.

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