BUSINESS NOTES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13279, 19 January 1911, Page 7

BUSINESS NOTES.

The Castlecli ffßailway Company notify that an hourly service will be run next Monday (Anniversary Day).' ' ALL DAY RIVER EXCURSION. ANNIVERSARY DAY. The p.s. Manuwai will uiakoi an all-day excursion to Hipango Park next Monday (Anniversary Day), leaving Hatrick’s Wharf at 10 a.m. All who wish to spend their holiday to the full should not miss this splendid opportunity for a beautiful day’s outing. Also, on Sunday the Waimarie will leave for Hipango Park about 10 a.m., with the Beautifying Association Committee, who go up to view the grounds and see what improvement tlicy will make. Any of the general public who wish to makft.the trip may do so by paying the usual fate. The steamer will return to town about 1.30 p.m.

A New Year house bargain is advertised on page 8 by.Mr John D.- Brechiu. It consists of a six-roomed house at Wanganui East for a low figure, at A2O deposit.

On Saturday next, at 2 o’clock sharp, Messrs Shepherd Bros, sell in their rooms 15 English bicycles, ladies’ and gouts' machines. ANNIVERSARY DAY EXCURSION TO THE SEASIDE. On Monday next (the holiday) excursion trains will run to Castlediff, onr delightful seaside resort, practically every hour of tbe day. Trains will leave Wanganui at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 (noon), 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 4.30 p.m., 5.30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Full particulars will appear later. This is a grand opportunity of spending an enjoyable day at our popular seaside port. Don’t forget, then, to spend your holiday at Castlecliff. FULL QUARTER-ACRE AND RESI- . DENCE IN BELL STREET

FOB SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. Messrs C. L. Duigan and Co. advertise an apetiou sale of a full quarter-acre and comfortable eight-roomed residence in Bell Street, near Guyton Street. The property has been thoroughly renovated recently, at is very centrally situated, and as the owner is leaving the district it is offered for absolute sale. Investors should make a 'point of inspecting the property, as freeholds so close to the business centre are getting more valuable every year.

Hunters of bargains In drapery arc recommended to carefully study several notifications Mr S. Adams has in our wanted columns.

Messrs Freeman B. Jackson and Co. insert fn this issue a,,preliminary, notice of the sale of thebalance of the Glen.Duric estate on' Saturday, 11th February, when Hey -will offer the Glen Durie homestead with-' about. 20 ■ acres, another block. of about .three acres, and the balance cut up into' smaller allotments. The sale is being held for the .purpose •of winding up ■ the estate, , and-as this is the last of the larger block's near the town it behoves investors to inspect-the beautiful sites before speculating elsewhere

AUCTION SALE OF THESEDGEBROOK ' 1 GRANGE ESTATE. The auction sale of the Sedgebrook Grange Estate, on account of the trustees of-the estate of the .late J. H. Nison, takes place in Messrs C. L. Du.iwan and Co.'e Ridgway Street Land Sale Rooms on S Saturday, the 18th February. "Sedgebrook tJrange” 'has long been known as One of the most picturesque 'suburban homes near Wanganui, and its subdivision •will give investors and those on the look out for an' ideal, home site an unique op port unity to secure some really beautiful sections.' Many of the sites include somevery fine .native and English trees, the latter being -60 years old; there is no other spot hear Wanganui where buyers can get tne advantage of such a mature and beau tiinl growth in selecting a site to build on. The estate also includes some very desirable terrace sites facing the river, And a number of delightful areas running back to Nison’s These latter can be laid out to make really beautiful sites with a very small expenditure. The estate is’ within one mile from the Wanganui Post Office; the early extension of the electric trams to Sedgebrook and the construction of the new bridge over the river, will give a big impetus to this favourite locality. The very easy terms on which these sections are offered brings them within reach of everyone. As the trustees are determined to realise the estate as early as possible, buyers at the auction sale will receive special consideration. During the past few days Messrs C. L. Duigan and Co., the anclioueers, have distributed hundreds of plans of the estate to., applicants If you have not yet inspected these sections, it will pay you to cal! and get a plan and do so at once., Tht contractors for the road construction are pushing on (igorously with the work, and expect to be almost completed by the day of 'sale.

GEORGETTE ESTATE. AUCTION SALE ON THE 28tb INST. Have you inspected these first-class sections yet? If not, call and get a plan ■ from 'Messrs C. L. Dnigan and Co., auctioneers, and make a point of seeing these -desirable sites for yourself, as there are ofljy a few days now available to the date of auction. Special attention is drawn to the exceptionally easy terms which the trustees are offering, viz., 10 per cent, cash, and the balance for seven years, with the right to repay at any previous time. A large number of the sections are delightful elevated terrace sites, overlook-ing-the town and suburbs, and commanding ,a magnificent view. The property i? within a mile of the Wanganui Post Office, an 9% the soil is exceptionally good, which is'an important feature to lovers of a good garden. These favourite hill sites are get ting scarcer and dearer every year, am Hie Georgctti Estate comprises a number of sites which quite equal (if they do not surpass) the pick of St. John’s Hill, and will be selling in the near future at thr same high prices as the St. John’s Hil) sections arc now doing. Investors will find that a careful inspection of the sec tions to be sold on the 28th inst. wilprove both pleasant apd profitable, as tin pnblic has no idea how this estate bar developed in the last few years, and what really first-class sites some of the section* are.