AUCTION SALES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20274, 7 April 1934, Page 20

AUCTION SALES.

Reports of City Firms. The Railway Auction Yards report improved inquiry for all classes of merchandise. The following sales being for the past week:—Duchesse £2 is 6d, 3ft bed and wire £1 ss, gateleg table £1 10s, bedroom suite £4 17s 6d, Morris suite £4 10s, wardrobe £2 ss, threequarter bed and wire £1 ss, three chairs at 5s 6<? each, upholstered chair *£l, sideboards £2 ss, £2 17s 6d, glass counter £3, ex. table 17s 6d, table 15s, chair 6s, table 10s, leather armchair 15s, Scotch chest 17s 6d, cot 15s, piece lino 17s, Pianola player £l, Congoleum square 15s, tables and trestles 12s, three chairs 15s. couch £l, wool mattress £1 7s 6d, hearth rug 7s 6d, kerb 4s 6d, mirror 10s 6d, 2jyds carpet at 5s 6d yard, glass case 10s, office desk £2, four chairs at 9s 6d, office chair

10s, wood bed and wire £1 7s 6d, overmantel 7s 6d, sewing machine £2, institution bed £1 ss, pedestal 10s, mattress 7s 6d, stretcher £1 2s 6d. two dressmaker’s models 12s, hearth rug 7s 6d, commode 9s, tennis racquet 15s, mangle £2, 100 ft flooring £1 2s 6d, firescreen 12s 6d, pillow 3s 9d, three sheets three ply at 4s 6d, six sheets at 4s 6d, eight sheets £1 16s, 2 half-gallon tins paint 16s, two gallon tins red barn paint £1 2s, bicycle £1 15s, eight sheets iron ] 8s Bd, Hottentot cooker 10s, electric heater 10s, iron bath 17s 6d?, ladder 15s. wheelbarrows £l, 15s. bench 7s. churn £3. thirteen planes 10s, pump 10s, cow cover £l, leaf harrow 10s, sack barrow 10s. set four horse blocks £3, cart £3 10s, set blocks and chains £3 ss, chaff cutter £6 ss. pair wheels and axle £2 10s, trap £1 10s, cultivator £1 7s 6d, double tree 12s 6d, set harness £2 2s fid, onions Is 9d bag, wheat 11s 6d to 13s. 6 Clearing Sale. Messrs Ford and Hadfleld, Ltd., auctioneers, 131-133, Worcester Street, report having held on the 1 premises No. 27, Holly Road, a most successful clearing sale for Mr R. L. M. Kitto, who Is

leaving for England? shortly. Excellent prices were obtained, a few of the main items including:—Wilton carpets £ll. £l6 10s, Axininster hall carpets £lB, £ll 10s, Electrolux £ll, carpet sweeper 21s, ice chest 245, two boxes tennis balls 255, single beds £2 12s fid, £2 12s 6d, £2 12s fid, £2 12s 6d, £2 ss, £2 ss, duchesses £3, £2 10s, £3 7s 6d, oak chest drawers £2 2s 6d, oak hall seat £7, hall mirror £2 ss, Buhl china cabinet £7, easy chairs £2 10s, £4, £4, Chesterfield £5 15s, rosewood bookcase £2 6s. copper fireguard £5, radiator 20s, occasional tables 20s, 9s, oak tables £2 12s 6d, £4 10s, banc? machine 21s, .eight chairs £7, rugs 15s, £2, £2, 27s fid, 27s 6d, 295, £2 17s fid, 20s, seagrass chairs 13s 6d, 12s, 22s fid, 20s, oak secretaire £2 17s 6d, oak dinner waggon 37s 6d. china 20s, 12s 6d, 6s, ss, 4s, 7s, 11s, 8s 6d. 6s, 15s, 17s 6d, 265, 22s 6d, 22s 6d, 7s, 6s, 2s, cutlery . £4, dinner set £4 10s, ladder 245, wheelbarrow 255, hose 20s, lawnmower £l 15s, edge cutter 15s, portmanteau 20s, marmalade cutter 10s, scales 10s. kitchen chairs 12s, wringer 13s. blankets 17s fid, 20s, £2 ss, mattresses 22s 6d, 22s 6d, £1 ss, £1 10s, £1 10s. «

Hutchinson, White, X>td. Messrs Hutchinson, White, Ltd., auctioneers, report having held successful sales of furniture and effects, both by auction and privately. Principal prices realised were:—Victory sewing machine £6. lino £2 15s, 14s, 13s, piano stools £l, 18s, oak Morris suite £9 15s, pillows 7s 6d, sewing machines £5, £1 10s, table 10s, kitchen tables 12s 6d, 7s 6d, 10s, carpet sweeper £1 ss, carpet square £2 ss, double wood beds and wires £l 12s, £1 15s, kapoc mattress 355, Congoleum £1 3s 6d, carpet sweeper £l. mattresses £2 10s, £1 10s, 255. 13s 6d, 10s, invalid chair £5, pedestal cabinet 17s 6d, sideboards £5, £l, bedroom suite £l3 10s three piece suite £l2 10s, lamp and shade 10s 6d, china cabinet £4. box ottoman £1 ss, oak kerb ss. carpet runner £l. suite £3, carpets £7 10s, £4 10s, three piece suite £ls, bed and wire £2 ss, kitchen chairs 7s 6d, seagrass chairs £1 7s 6d, 17s 6d, cushions ss, 6s, suite £B, carver chair £1 10s, firescreen £1 10s, copper kerb £l 10s, oak duchesse £3, duchesses £2. 10s, £l, Morris chairs £l, £l 10s, pictures £1 ss, oak table £i 4s, wool mattress £l 17s 6d, bed and wire 32s 6d, bedroom suites £l3 10s, £6. wood

rails 7s 6d, pram £l 10s, couch fl 10a, oak bed and wire £5. occ. tables 12s 6d, ss, 7s 6d, floor covering 10s, chest drawers £l, writing table £1 15». secretaire 14s, wringer 10s, gateleg table £1 10s. kapoc 88, china 6s. chairs £1 6s. 16s, pedestal cupboard 15s, gramophone and records £1 10s. three piece suite £9 10s. fender stool 17s 6 d. wire 15a. rug £1 2s 6d. easy chair £4, stretchers 14«, 1S«, canvas curtain 10s, rimu cot £l, wire couch £1 10s, colonial couches £l, £1 10s, curtain net £l. oak Morris chairs £2 10s, washstand 7s 6d. four piece bedroom suite £7, cabinets 15s. 12s 6d. Axininster carpet £l2 12s 6d. felt £2 is fid. liscurl rug £1 7s 6d, sleepwell mattress £3 15s, corridor rug £2 19s, carpet £5. Hoovers £7. £lO, tea waggon 7s 6d. wardrobe £3 ss, hall stand 12, crockery 245, garden tools ss. 6