Page 12 Advertisements Column 3

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11739, 29 January 1924, Page 12

AUCTION SALES THIS MORNING. At 10 30 o’clock sharp. AUCTION SAXE Of SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, COSTLY CHESTERFIELD SUITE (uphol. with shadow tissue), OAK ESCRDTOIRE and BOOKCASE COMBINED. EASY CHAIRS, SINGER DROPHBAD SEWING MACHINE, EXT. DINING TABLE (square), HIGH-BACK CHAIRS, OAK GATE-LEG TABLE, COTTAGE PIANO (bv Boosev and Co.), PIANO STOOL, CARPET AND RUGS, COPPER KERB AND COAL VASE, BOWLS AND BRASS VASES, MORRIS COUCH AND CHAIRS, OCC. TABLES, CUSHIONS, ART CURTAINS, ELEC. LIGHT EXTENSION, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, AUS. CHAIRS, LINOLEUMS. HANDSOMEI OAK CHEVAL DUCHE.SSE CHEST AND D. OAK BED TO MATCH. DUCHESSE CHESTS. S. WOODEN BEDSTEADS, WIRE MATTRESSES, HOSPITAL BEDSTEADS. BLANKETS, SHEETS, CHILDREN'S TOYS, GARDEN SEAT. GOOD HOSE, LAWN MOWEIR, KITCHEN UTENSILS, AND APPOINTMENTS. 300 200 On the Premises, No. 9S. Elliee street. E JOHNSTON AND CO. have recoiv- • ed instructions from the owner, who is Riving up housekeeping, to sell on the premises, as above— ENTIRE CONTENTS OF 6 ROOMS. L. G. DOWDING, Auctioneer. rflO-DAY, at 1.15 p.m. sharp. Important -I- Sale by Auction of Unclaimed Cargo, ex various ships; 5 cases of Carpenters’. Engineers’, and Plumbers’ Tools, 1 case bicycle pumps, 5 cases paints, 1 bale scrim; also, 120 dozen lead pencils, 2 canes fig 3, 8 cases confectionery, 2 cases floor polish, 20 grit crushers, 1 case carburettors, 10 kegs staples, 10 joiners’ cramps, 1 case cocoa; also, 1 range and hot water service complete, 150 Oregon pine and totara doors (new), 6 sinks, 5 angle basins, 50 sheets corrugated iron, and numerous other lots, at our Mart. E. Johnston and Co. will sell at their Mart, 157, Lambton quay, a Specially Valuable lot of new Tools, unclaimed Cargo, etc., without reserve. E. Johnstop, Auctioneer. PORIRUA EAST. SALE OF REMAINING SECTIONS In this popular Sunny Locality, TO-DAY, (TUESDAY), JANUARY 29th, 1924, At 2.30 p.m. TVTESSRS S. GEORGE NATHAN AND CO. are favoured with instructions from the Trustee, Executor, and Agency Branch, New Zealand Insurance Company, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION as above, at their Rooms, 105, Customhouse quay— LOTS 44, 57, 57a, 66a, 67, 68, 71, 71a. These are the remaining lots in this go-ahead district, and are being sold to wind up a decease destate. EASY TERMS Further particulars of the Auctioneers, S. GEORGE NATHAN AND CO., 105, Customhouse quay. SALE OF 47 SUPERB BUILDING SITES, KARORI. To be Sold by Public Auction TO-MORROW, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30th, 1924. At 2.30 p.m. AT OUR ROOMS, 105, CUSTOMHOUSE QUAY. Messrs s. george nathan and CO. are favoured with instructions to Sell by Public Auction as above : 47 SPLENDID HOME SITES, [ Nearly all level, and lying well to the sun, having frontages to Campbell, Huia, and Russell streets, Karori. Within easy distance of the tram. ( This is about the last opportunity to secure such fine sites before the drainage and water schemes are laid, as prices are bound to go up. Karori is now part of Greater Wellington, and in the near future this go-ahead district will have all the conveniences of the City. Plans now ready. Exceptionally easy terms will be given. Further particulars from the Auctioneers. S. GEORGE NATHAN AND CO., 105, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. . TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY), JANUARY 30th, 1.30 sharp. 52, KENT TERRACE. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS Including lot of Crockery and Glassware. LOTS. OKrt LOTS. LOTS. AO\J LOTS. VINE AND WILSON have received instructions from the Executors in the Estate of a deceased, person to sell as above. VINE AND WIISON, Auctioneers. JARRAH. WE carry largest stocks in all sizes of Jarrah and Mixed Australian Hardwoods, including seasoned Floorings, also Jarrah and V.D.L. Palings, selected Spotted Gum and IropJjark for Coachbuilders. THE C. AND A. ODLIN TIMBER AND HARDWARE CO., LTD., P.O. Box 1532, Wellington. Head Offioe: Cable street, Wellington.

The Siamese, like the Chinese, wear their finger-nails very long. The ladies sometimes have them tipped with silvor. Th> common green frog has been discovered to possess an insatiable greed for wasps This extraordinary appetite does not seem to be in the least checked by an occasional sting. The protecting colour of the frog, which sits motionless Upon leaves, no doubt deludes the mo6t wary of insects into a sense of security. George Washington had only five Cabinet officers—a Secretary of State, a Secretary of the Treasury, a Secretary of War, a Postmaster-General, and at At-torney-General. A Secretary of the Navy was added under John Adams, a Secretary of the Interior under Taylor, a Secretary of Agriculture under Cleveland'. A tourist walked into an art dealer’s shop in Geneva and bought a small dirty picture for five shillings. He had the painting cleaned, and was surprised to find the signature of Guido Reni, the great Italian master. If the work is original it is worth a small fortune. Pavia is not veiy well known to the tourist. Tor 200 years, until Charlemagne overthrew them, it was the capital of the Lombard icings, the kings of that one-time Teuton tribe of Langobardi, who conquered Italy, only to be themselves slowly conquered and bccomo Italians, or, more accurately, Romanised. It is they who ruled over the grea fertile plain between the Alps and the Apennines. In the Church of San Klchelo kings of Italy were crowned a thousand years ago; here two Germans at least, Henry the Second —loo4—and Frederick Bnrbarossa—]Jf>s— upon their brows that "iron crown of the Lombards" which conveyed the sovereignty of Italy. Dandruff Disappear when diluted Q-TOL is used.