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Free Lance, Volume VIII, Issue 398, 15 February 1908, Page 18

AUCTION SALE OF THE WELL=KNOWN FAMILY MANSION AND GROUNDS, SAVES COURT, AURORA TERRACE AND CLIFTON TERRACE. THE MOST VALUABLE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. IN THE LAND MART, No. 84, LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON, — ox — THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20th, 1908, at 2 o'clock p m. By order of the Executors of the late E. W. Mills, Esq. MACDONALD, WILSON & CO. Are- favouied with instructions to sell b> Public Auction as above that EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND u_£^ BEAUTIFUL PRIVATE MANSION AND GROUNDS, " SAVES COURT."

BACK VIEW OF RESIDENCE FROM CLIFTON TERRACE.

servatory standing in a series of beautiful flower betLs, with appropriate statuary, vases, etc. On tile southeast side, facing the harbour, there ia v, very fin© green-house, a delightful rose garden, and large shubberies filled with rare plants set off by exquisite flower borders, while a beautifully-kept Kitchen Garden on the side adjoining the Wellington (Hub grounds completes the amenities of a most complete and charming New Zealand home. Whether regarded in that light or foi conversion, into a great Private Hotel of specially reserved character, the property is a most valuable investment. If too large for ordinary use, four splendid Building Sections, which would themselves realise in all some £5000, could easily be cut off from the property, still leaving it a great property for residential purposes.

and perfect that it will be good a centuiy hence. As a residence it will be found the largest and most complete in the City of Wellington. _ It contains eighteen rooms, including commodious Dining-room, Drawing-room, Library, Bi eakf ast-room, Kitchen, Billiard- room, nine Bedrooms, Dress-ing-room, three Bathrooms, two Lavatories, two spacious Entrance Halls, Store-room, two Pantries and Scullery, while the out-buildings comprise Coachhouse, Stable and Loose Boxes, Har-ness-room, Wash-house, Wood and Coal Store, Tool-house, Etc., Etc. From Aurora Terrace, Sayes Court is approached by a carriage drive facing a terraced lawn bordered with flowers and fine shrubbery and fitted with sum-mer-house, seats, and ornamental steps. Attached to the Mansion on the northern side is a charming oon-

The property eyer since the founda tion of the City of Wellington has formed portion of the estate of the E. W. Mills family. It forms the major part of Town Acre No. 468 on the Plan of the City, and has a frontage to Aurora Terrace of 155 ft 2in, and a frontage to San Sebastian-road (Clifton Terrace) of 147 ft llin. On the southern side it adjoins the Wellington Club Property for 191 ft sin, while for 132 ft it abuts on the Wellington Terrace lands. Sayes Court is a family mansion of the best type. It is situated on an elevated plateau in the very heart of the City, overlooking the harbour, and commands from the balconies and windows one of the most delightful and picturesque panoramas in New Zealand, it is built of specially selected heart of Totara and Rimu, so sound

TERMS OF SALE. — The Terms of Sale are 10 per cent, deposit, 10 per cent, in three and six months respectively, and the balance may remain on mortgage from three to five years at 5 per cent, per annum. For further details apply to the Auctioneers at their offices.