BUSINESS NOTES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18790, 26 May 1923, Page 8

BUSINESS NOTES

CLEARING SALE NO. 2 LINE. John Coull gives particulars in our auction columns to-day of a sal» 10 be held at “Yamasaka,” No. 2 Line, about 1£ miles past Durie Hill School, under instructions from the Public Trustee in the estate of J R. Crane, deceased. The catalogue is a varied one, and includes a number of sheep, several first-class dairy cows, draught horses, implements, and a wide range of outside tools of every description. Household furniture is also included in the catalogue, and together with this will be found every description of household utensils, large quantity of books and ornaments, also a Singer drop-head sewing machine. Owing to the lengthy catalogue the sale will commence at 1 p.m” sharp. FURNITURE SALE. We wish to draw the attention of our readers to the sale at Wanganui East in our auction columns. As Mrs Brown is leaving Wanganui., everything is for absolute sale. The furniture is all of a modern design ; and those in search of modern fur- j niture should not fail to attend. The beautiful five-searer Scripps Booth motor-car will be offered for sale. ■ and affords a great opportunity to I those in search of an up-to-date car. ■ This car has only done 3UOO miles, and is in perfect order in every way. There is a nice line of carpenter’s ; tools and garden equipment, and a large quantity of useful sundries. Cuttie, Dickie and Co. are the auctioneers. SALE OF DAIRY HERD. Attention is drawn to the sale advertisement in our auction columns of Mr Watson’s choice little dairj herd. These cows are real good sorts, coming in early at factory j dates, with one July calver in the i herd. Eight of the cows are real | I good Jerseys. As Mr Watson has I ' sold his farm they must be sold, and I this affords an opportunity for those ■ Ujn search of something good. The f j cows are good useful sorts, and , ■ everything is for absolute sale, i Cuttie. Dickie and Co. are the auctioneers. Quite a number of important sales of pedigree Friesian cattle are to be held in June, but the largest is tha: on behalf of the well-known Taranaki breeder, Mr Henry Johnson, who is disposing of his whole heard ; totalling 120 head. This sale should attract very keen interest from breeders, for Mr Johnson has met with wonderful success in his breeding activities, having been an enthusiastic and successful showring exhibitor, as well as breeding cattle with solid butter-fat producing capabilities. An advertisement relative to this sale will be found in the auction columns of this paper. Of great interest to the gentler sex is a display of lace in a window of Messrs Sperring’s Satisfaction Store. It is identical with the lace used in trimming the dress worn by Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at her marriage to the Duke of York. Alongside the lace is a page from the Nottingham Guardian, dated March 2, 1923, showing the reproduction of the lace, and a paragraph to the effect that the design is the copyright of the maker. The lace, which is of two widths, is certainly very dainty, and Messrs Sperrings, Ltd. ; H are to be congratulated on their sue i cess in obtaining this line so soon after the Royal event. Messrs H. 1. Jones and Son, Ltd., call attention to their great stock-tak- , ing sale, which closes at 1 p.m. to-