AUCTION AND PROPERTY SALES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25, 29 July 1911, Page 3

AUCTION AND PROPERTY SALES

MANAWATU ESTATE CUT UP. The Real Siberia as pictured by Foster Fraeer in his well-known book was a very different country from the snowy wastes imagined by most people. It, was a land tlowing with milk and honey. I So with the Siberia Estate, one of the last of the big holdings in" the Manawatu to be cut up for closer settlement. When it is remembered that the Mr. Arthur Harding, grows oranges and lemons in the open air, and takes prizes for them annually at p the different horticultural shows, the question of climate is settled at once. The Siberia Estate of about 4000 acres lies on the nontn eastern _ bank of the Manawatn River, which it fringes for several miles between the Gorge Bridge and Fitzherbert East. It has a sunny aspect towards the north and west. A large proportion of the property consists of beautiful alluvial flats bordering the river with a hinterland of slightly undulating hills easily rideable. The whole block is well watered by perennial stream running down from the forest reserve of the Gorge hills. Access is by Ashuret at present across the Gorge Bridge, the total distance being nine miles from Palmerston North. On the estate being opened up a road will be put through to connect with Fitzherbert and Palmer* ston in the opposite direction. The cut* ting up of the whole estate in suitable sections is now complete, and plans have been published. The whole area, is subdivided into sections ranging from 40 acres to 800 acres. The sections will be sold by public auction at, Messrs. Abraham and^ Williams' Horse Bafcaaf, Palmerslon. North, next Jfotufday, the Sth August, afc 1 p.m. The terms are very easy. Further particulars may be obtained from the auctioneer (Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.), or from the agents, Messrs. J. K. Preece and Co., l'almereton North. Messrs, Brand and Johnston will on Monday, commencing at 2 o'clock, in* their rooms, 'hold an Auction sale of •£1000 worth of jewellery, including engagement rings, gold muff chains, gold and silver watches. On Tuesday, com* meticing at 11 o'clock, on the premises, 19, Hanson-street, close ,to Drurtimondstreet, they_ will hold a sale of household furniture, including duchesse pair, Columbia graphophone and ISO selected re* ■cords. On, Vvednesday, at 1.30 o'clock, in their rooms, they will hold an auction sale of household furniture, comprising two_ upright grand pianos, two bedroom suiteA, and oak sideboard. On Thursday, coffimencing_ at 1.30 o'clock sharp, on the premises, Clevelandstreet, Brooklyn, they will hold an auction sale of household furniture, also 40 fowls; and on Friday, at 1.15 o'clock, in their rooms, an auction sale of nursery stock, comprising a special selection of flowering and ornamental shrubs. On Tuesday, &L 2 o'clock, in their rooms, they will hold a sale of a collection of roeea, daphnes, rhododendrons, and pot plartfs. The firm also insert a preliminary announcement of an auction sale of household furnishings, collection of paintings by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Turner, and other English artiste, library of 1000 books and volumes, _ art treasures, Dresden china, and upright grand piano, at the residence, 192, Terrace, on account of Mrs. T. Kennedy Macdonald. Catalogues are now being prepared, and will be posted to any address on application, to the auctioneers. Messrs. Harcourt and Co. will sell by auction, at their rooms on Wednesday next, at 1 p.m., a collection of plants and shrubs from Mason's Gardens. This sale is being held for the convenience of the public who have their half-holiday on Wednesday. On the 9th August, at their rooms, the firm will sell a collection of oil paintings and water colours from the brushes of a number of well-known artists. Messrs. Townsend and Paul, Ltd., will sell at auction n«fct Wednesday, the contents of a hairdresser's and tobacconist's shop, including threo hairdresser's chairs, piano, and the usual fittings. The goods are now on view at the firm's auction rooms, Allen-street. Messrs. 3. t H. Bethune and Co. ad* vertis* in this issue sui amended list of business and ' residential properties which th«y ha.ye on their books for private sale; also to let a number of houses, both furnished and unfornished, office fcftd storeroom accommodation. In another column will be found a Ittst. of city cottage properties, from thres to six rooms, for sale on terms to suit purchasers, advertised by, Messrs. Miller and Rutter, land and estate agents, Panama -street. Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co. will Tiold a sale of household furnishings at their rooms, 26, Brandon-street, on Wednesday, at 1.30 p.m. The contents of a nine-roomed house, removed from Brooklyn, will be offered, including some drawing, dining, and bedroom furnishings. The same afternoon they will sell, without reserve, two pianos.

Th© name* of the 801 persons who registered under the Licensing Amendment Act aa barmaids are published in this week's Gazette. An experiment in education of more ! than passing interest is being tested at the Kaueranga Boys' Softool, Thames, where the school committee has recently supplied the teacher with an up-to-date limelight lantern, with coloured slides, for the purpose nf -teaching geography and history in an attractive way. The slides, whicli are very cheap— ~a pet of twelve of any country or embjecl costing something liko three shillings-— are descriptive oE different countries, with | their people, customs, and, in some cases, products. The pictures arc. said to be wonderfully clear. The teacher states thß pc^st'psion of the illustration plant is a big factor in the discipline of th© school, for when an illustrated lesson wag pending the children wefe on the besb behaviour, one of the penalties for misconduct being exclusion from the lesson, which bad to be learned just the sftiae. Ff>r the "tote" there are such picture* as the*© iUuetrfttina the story