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THE ESTATES GAZETTE
March 11, 1899.
H. C. BIGDEN, 229, St. John’s-hill, Wandsworth, S.W.
Battersea—3, 5 and 7, Wye-street, F, WB £25 each , PHIBBS GIBSON and GO., West Norwood Railway Station, and West Dulwich.
West Norwood—15, Chestnut-road, ut 84 years, GR £7 7s., P; 14, Selsdon-road, F, P West■ Dulwich—96, Alleyn-road, ut 44 years, GB £4 Is. 4d., P
At 2'WO o’clock.
BAXTER, PAYNE and LEPPER, 69, King William street, E.C., Bromley and Beckenham, Kent.
Bromley—Durham-avenue, etc., Nine Freehold Building Sites
Orpington, Kent—Freehold Building Site, 2i acres, with partly erected residence thereon St, Mary's Cray—1 and 2, North Bank, EE £35 each, F; also Plot of Land adjoining, F THURGOOD and MARTIN, 27, Chancery-lane, W.C.
Dulwich—18, Melford-road, F, YE £28 Wandsworth—1 to 6, Elizabeth-place, F, WE £124 16s.; 8 to 14, Prospect-cottages, F, WE £166 8s.; 2 to 14, Point Pleasant, ut 8 years, GB £11 16s., WE £140 8s.
Sydenham—Peak-hill, Muriel House, and 1J acres, ut 52 years, GB £26, B £130 Battersea—116, St. John’s-hill GLASIER and SONS, 7, St. JameB’s-street, S.W., and at Hastings.
Eamsgate—Dane-park, FGE’s of £129, reversion in years
J. H. HIBBARD, 17, Union-court, Old Broad-street, E.C., and Winchmore-hill, N.
Lee—113 and 115, High-road, ut 53 years, GE £6; 48 and 50, Blessington-road1, ut 53 years, GE £6; 7 and 11, Marlborough-road, ut 53 years, GE £6; 14, Brandram-road, ut 53 years, GE £5, E £95 Hornsey—38, Coleraine-road. ut 86 years, GE £6, P Winchmore-hill—Green-lanes, a Plot of Land, 194ft. 2in. by 157ft. 9in., F
H. E. FOSTER and CRANFIELD, 6, Poultry, E.C.
Neasden—Neasden-lane, The Model Farm, F Upper Norwood—2, Gatestone-road, ut 90 years, GB £20, E £90
EDWIN FOX and BOUSFIELD, 99, Gresham* street, E.C.
New Eiver Company—An entire Adventurer's Shares
Bridge-street,
G. BRINSLEY, 30 and 31, New E.C.
Streatham—Ellora-road, FGE’s of £49 10s., reversion in 71 years
Bethnal-green—21, 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31, Gardner’s-road, ut 58 years, GE £12 9s., E £171 12s. Walworth—69, 71, 73, 75, 77 and 79, Farmer’s-road, ut 49 years, GE £18, WE £140 8s.
At THREE o’clock.
SELFE, BALL, SMITH and CO., 3i, Old Jewry, E.C,, and Bristol.
Surbiton—Maple-road, Tudor Villa, F
THURSDAY 16th.
At ONE o’clock.
BEADAL, WOOD and CO., 97, Gresham-straet, E.C.
Blackbeath—Shooter’s-hill-road, etc., FGE’s of £1,275, reversions in 38 to 43 years (in lots)
EÏES and SON, 34, Mark-lane, E.C.
Islington—58, Canonbury-road, ut 20 years, GE £5 10s., B £40
Chingford—Main-road, a Plot of Freehold Land At TWO o’clock.
YENTOM, BULL and COOPER, 35, Old Jewry, E.C.
Kilburn—Willesden-lane, FGE’s of £202, reversion in 84 years; Glengall-road, Glengall House, F, E £253 10s. (flats)
H. E. FOSTER and CRANFIELD, 6, Poultry, E.C.
Eeversions, Policies, etc.
NEWBON EDWARDS and SHEPHARD, 273, Upper-street, Islington, N.
City-road—No. 237, F, E £63
Walworth—164, Lorrimcre-road, ut 50 years, GE £3 10s., E £30
Barnsbury—27, Albion-grove, ut 45 years, GE £4, E £42; 132, Hemingford-road, ut 44 years, GE £8, EE £55; 41 and 42, Cumberland-street, F, E £40
Holloway—1, Thane-villas, ut 45 years, GE £25 4s , EE £80; 8, Medina-road, ut 61 years, GE £4 10s., EE £32; 9, 11 and 13, Orpingley-road, ut78 years, GE £15, WB £91
H. J. BLISS and SONS, 106, Cheapside, E.C., and 164, Bethnal-green-road, E.
Old Ford—Lefevre-road, FGE of £60 5s., reversion in 65 years; 72 to 82 (even), Milton-road, ut 63 years, GE £12, WE £137 16s.
Poplar—6 to 10, Bentley-terrace, ut 53 years, GE £15, WB £71 10s.
Plaistow—5 to 15 (odd). New Barn-street, C, WE £84 10s.; 32, Kent-street, ut 66 years, GE £4, E £20 16s.
Bethnal-green—94, Selater-street, F
Wapping—1 to 13, Whitehorn-place, ut 56 years, GE £35, WE £231 8s.
STIMSON and SONS, 8, Moorgate-street, E.C., and 2, New Kent-road, S.B
Wood-green—Finsbury-road, FGE of £15, reversion in 59 years
Islington—100, Wynford-road, ut 22 years, GE £40, E £84 10s.
Walworth—Tisdale-place, ut 13 years, GE £39 11s., B £339 6s.
Stepney—22, 26, 32 to 40, and 50 to 60 (even), Ocean-street, ut 10 years, GE £29, E £228 16s.; 13 and 29, Cadiz-street, and 14, Shandy-street, ut 21 years, GE £10 10s., E £70 4s.
Clerkenwell—26, Gough-street, ut 15 years, GE £20, WE £39
Islington—14, 16 and 18, Collier-street, ut 47 years, GE £70, R £214; 53 and 54. Warren-street, ut 33 years, GE £44, E £124 16s.
Limehouse—1 to 8, Reform-place, ut 20 years, GE £30, £129 16s.
Spitalflelds—46, Crispin-street, ut 17 years, GE £36, WE £78
Bermondsey—10 to 18 (even), Cranswick-road, ut 79 years, GE £5 each, WE £33 16s. each; 9, Ber-mondsey-suuare, ut 15 years, GE £6 10s., E £38; 10, 12 and 14, Credon-road, ut 79 years, GE £5 each, WE £33 16s. each
Anerley—Weighton-road, EUersmere House, ut 66 years, GE £20, EE £120
Camberwell—11, 12 and 13, Mazzard-road, F, WE £152 2s.; 36 to 62 (even). Pictou-street, and 2a, Chiswell-street, F, WE £360 2s.
Shares
JENKINS and SONS, 171, Lewisham High-road, S.E.
New Cross—19 and 20, Park-road, ut 33 years, GE £9 Lewisham—29, Breakspears-road, ut 80 years, GE £12, E £65
Forest-hill—3, Mundania-road, ut 83 years, GE £8, E £50
applied to Winter to give him half of the commission. The money had been advanced by clients df Messrs. Kirby, Gedge and Millett, of Westminster. The costs relating to the advance in respect of the mortgage on the Raleigh Hotel were paid to that firm, and amounted to £113.
The jury were unable to agree, but the parties agreed to accept the verdict of the majority. This was for the defendant.
Judgment was entered accordingly.
FORTHCOMING SALES.
Sales at the Mart, London, except where otherwise stated. Country Forthcoming Sales are given elsewhere.
ABBREVIATIONS.—F—Freehold. 0—Copyhcld. L— Leasehold. GR—Ground Rent. IGR—Improved Ground Rent. WR—Weekly Rent. YR—Yearly Rent. MT—Monthly Tenancy. QT—Quarterly Tenancy. P—Possession. PA—Per Annum. E— Estimated
MARCH.
MONDAY 13th.
At TWO o’clock.
A. H. TURNER and CO., 199, Piccadilly, W., Weybridge, Guildford and Reading.
Paddington—6. Upper Westbourne-terrace, ut 50 years, GR £8
MIDDLETOjH and CRAGKNELL, 40, Rosslyn-hill, Hampstead, N.W.
Hampstead—South-hill-park, FGR of £76, reversion in 84 years; 19, Lawn-road, ut 52 years, GR £11 11s., P
Harringaj15—׳a, Eade-road, ut 86 years, GR £5, QT £33
WEATHERALL and GREEN, 22, Chancery-lane, W.C.
Strand—13, Drury-court, F, R £45
Brixton—17, Lothian-road, F, WR £41 12s.
DANN and LUCAS, 123, Cannon-street, E.C., Dartford and Bexley, Kent.
Gravesend—West-street, Freehold Premises, area 7,200ft.
Wilmington, Kent—Freehold Brewery Premises, area 2a. 2r. 12p.
E. FERGUSSON TAYLOR, New Barnet, Herts, and 70 and 72, Chancery-lane, W.C (at the Assembly Rooms, New Barnet, at 7.30 o’clock).
New Barnet—Warwick House, Bulwer-road, F; an Enclosure of Freehold Building Land, situate in Station-road; also Ten Plots of Freehold Building Land on the Hadley Estate
TUESDAY 14th*
At TWO o’clock.
ROGERS, CHAPMAN and THOMAS, 50, Bel-graye roal, and 78, Gloucester road, S.W.
Pimlico—62, Hugh-street, F, QT £50; 13, Claver ton-street, ut 33 years, GR £10 10s., P RUTLEY, SON and YINE, 6, George-street, Euston-road, N.W.
Holloway—Anson-road, IGR of £50 Haverstock-hill—17 and 18, Maitland-park-road, ut 53 years, GR £5 eacn, R £45 each Kensington—56, Hoiland-road, ut 60 years, GR £lo 15s., R £110
Bowes-park—129, Whitting ton-road, ut 80׳ years, GR £7 10s., YR £30
Bloomsbury—18, Torrington-square, ut 24 years, GR £15, R £115
F. MILLER and REID, 5 and 6, Clement’s-inn, Strand, W.C.
Beckenham—Southend-road, Branxholm, and two acres, ut 63 years, GR £4 10s., ER £180 Pimlico—118, Tachbrook-street, ut 30 years, GR £8, R £55
ALFRED RICHARDS, 18, Finsbury-circus, E.C., and Tottenham, N.
Stocks and Shares in the Lea Bridge District Gas Company
E. and H. LUMLEY, 22 and 35, St. James’s-street, S.W.
Piccadilly—H 5, The Albany, F, P, subject to a fee farm rent of £30
DEBENHAM, TE WSON, FARMER and BRIDGE-WATER, 80, Cheapside, E.C.
Silvertown—Drew Road, etc., a Piece of Building Land, area 14,600ft., F
Canning Town—Freemasons’-road, etc., Freehold Building Estate, 1% acres
Hampstead—Arkwright-road, Welford House, F, P HacKney Marshes—Temple Mill, the White Hart P-h, Enclosures of Allotment Land, six acres, and the Temple Mills To ligate Tolls Upper East Smithfieid—Nos. 1 to 4, F, ER £200 W. W. READ aad CO., 1, Queen-street, Cheapside, E.C.
Tottenham—White Hart-lane, Freehold Building Estate, 35 acres
HARDS and BRADLY, 158, Fenchurch-street, E.C., and 82, Church street, Greenwich, S.E.
Lee—55 to 61 (odd), Burnt Ash-road, ut 60 years, GR £41 6s. 8d., ±t £183
Greenwich—13, 15 and 15a, Soutli-street, ut 80 years, GR £100, R £165
Rotherhithe—51 and 53, Verney-road, ut 78 years, GR £10, WR £57 4s.
Brixton—Ardville-road, Ardville House, and Heath-field, ut 90 years, GR £68, R £631 16s. (flats) Dulwich—10 and 12, Martell-road, F, ER £64
F. G. WHEATLEY, 263, Strand, W.C. (at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Wimbledon, at 6.30 o’clock).
Merton and Tooting—70 Plots of Freehold Building Land on the Devonshire-road Estate
WEDNESDAY 15th.
At ONE o’clock.
E. W. HARRIS. Kent House Station, Beckenham*
Beckenham—22, Ravenscroft-road, ut 73 years, GR £5 5s., WR £27 6s.; Birkbeck-road, Two Plots of Land, F
Anerley—151, Croydon-road, ut 77 years, GR £15, YR £63
Bromley—38 to 44 (even), Moreland-road, ut 95 years, GR £8, WR £67 12s.
COMMISSION CASES.
LORD MAYOR’S COURT.
March 1.
(Before Sir Fohiiest Fulton, Q.O., and a Common Jury.)
AN ESTATE AGENT’S CLAIM SUCCESSFUL.
BICHAEDSON V. BEAD.
This was a claim made by Mr. George Richardson, trading as G. Richardson and Co., auctioneers and estate agents, 32, New Bridge-street, to recover from the defendants, Mr. E. J Read, the manager of the London Banking Corporation (Limited) and Mr. G. Downe certain commission upon the introduction of a purchaser of property situated at Teddington. The property had been sold for £1,900.
Mr. Morton Smith (instructed by Mr. Abbott) was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lewis Glyn (instructed by Mr. Kent) for the defendants.
The plaintiff said that he was instructed by the defendants, who were the trustees of the estate ctf the late Mr. W. M. Read, to place on his books for sale two freehold houses at Teddington, forming part of the estate, ?'he property had been put up for sale on three occasions without success. In May a gentleman of the name of Thurley made an offer to the plaintiff with reference to the purchase of the houses. The price offered was not quite as much as that which the defendants required. Eventually Mr. Thurley made a! firm offer of £1,900 for the property, and it was transferred to him at that price. The plaintiff then, made an application for his commission at ■the usual rate of 2¿ per cent.
Mr. Thurley was called, and stated in cross-examination that he understood that he was dealing with the defendant, Mr. Read, and his co-trustee, and not with the Glyn Trust, Limited. It was true that the property was conveyed to him by the trust.
Mr. Glyn, for the defence, contended that the plaintiff had no right of action against his clients. From 1892 the beneficiaries under the will of the late Mr. W. M. Read had been trying, through the defendants, the trustees, to sell the two houses forming the subject of the action. The plaintiff, who had had the property on his books since 1892, had been unable to effect a sale, the last communication received from him on the subject of the property being in February, 1896. On March 3, 1898, the Glyn Trust, Limited, of which the defendant■, Mr. Read, ־was a director, passed a resolution authorising him to negotiate a purchase of the houses on their behalf at a price not exceeding £1,600. Upon that. Mr. Read communicated with the beneficiaries, who agreed to sell at that price. By a coincidence, very soon after the Glyn Trust, Limited, had purchased the property the plaintiff sent along Mr. Thurley, to whom the Glyn Trust sold the property for £1,900.
Mr. Read was called, and gave evidence in support of that statement.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed.
The Judge declined to give leave to appeal, or to grant a stay of execution.
February 28.
(Before the Right Hon. Sir Chahles Hall, Q.C., M.P., Recorder, and a Common Jury.)
A CURIOUS DISPUTE.
BBAND V. SPITAL.
This was an action by Mr. John Arthur Brand, architect and surveyor, of Gresham-street, against Mr. John Spital, proprietor of the Raleigh Hotel, Dartmouth, to recover £41 3s., made up of £38, commission at the rate of one per cent., for procuring an advance to the defendant of the sum of £3,800, and £3 3s. for preparing plans of the ground floor of the Raleigh Hotel, Dartmouth.
Mr. Olavell ,Salter (instructed by Messrs. Turner, Rodgers and Myatt) was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lewis Gljrn (instructed by Messrs. Foulger and Robinson) for the defendant.
The plaintiff’s case was that he had procured for the defendant a loan of £3,400 at 4 per cent, to enable him to arrange a mortgage upon the Raleigh Hotel, Dartmouth, of which he became the purchaser. The plaintiff said l.׳e first heard ■of the matter through Mr. Winter, a solicitor. He admitted that he had arranged with Mr. Winter to share his procuration fee. (Negotiations were entered into, and the advance required was made. On applying fox payment of his commission he was told that Mr. Winter had been paid. He (plaintiff) was told by Winter that his commission or the procuration fee had not been paid.
The defence was that the defendant instructed Mr. Winter in the matter, and made a bargain with him that he was to charge £150, to include surveyor’s fees and everything else. It was said that the money had been paid over to Winter, and that there were several letters showing that the plaintiff knew of it, and had
destroyers than any other species of birds* Swallows take flies of all kinds and many species of gnats, small moths and beetles, ■on the wing, and beetles and other insects upon the ground. They are also most useful to hop planters in destroying quantities of the “ hop flies,” or aphides, as they leave the hop gardens for their winter quarters on the neighbouring plum and damson trees, from which they come again in the early spring, and go to the hop plants. The migrations of these insects afford a fine harvest for swallows, but, unfortunately, the latter are so reduced in numbers that their influence in■ keeping down hop flies is much less effective than formerly. Until within the last 15 years a serious attack of “ hop flies ” only occurred once in three or four years, or even less frequently ; but now it is a grievous annual visitation. The swallow is not included in the schedule to the Wild Birds’ Protection Act of 1880 ; but a special close time has been prescribed for its protection in certain counties and its eggs also are protected in several counties.
The fly-catcher, or “ beam bird,” as it is called in some parts, ■also feeds exclusively on insects, though it has been falsely accused of eating fruit by those who have seen it near cherries and raspberi-ies when in search of its prey. All kinds of insects are “taken in and done for” free of charge by this sharp little hunter, and owing to its extraordinary insectivorous propensities and its perfect harmlessness, this little bird ought to be carefully protected, and encouraged to increase in numbers. The Boai'd is certainly doing good work in bringing agriculturists to know their friends, and farmers and gardeners should do all in their power to protect the nests and ■encourage the breeding of their feathered helpers.
Though ploughing engines ■are more frequently seen nowadays ini our fields than teams of oxen, yet, in some parts of the country, this very ancient mode of traction is still in use. I have seen down in Somerset three yoke of oxen drawing a heavy roller with a horse in the! shafts, and fine specimens of the Devon steer they were, too, the whole forming a very picturesque scene in combination with the green wheat field which was being rolled. The pace is very slow, and would liardly suit a modern up-to-date farmer ; but oxen do a lot of good by treading when working on corn land, and are useful as beef when working days are done, which is am advantage not possessed by our old; worn-out horses —though one never knows nowadays! Some four-year-old working oxen were ■sold by auction last week at Didmaxton, Gloucestershire, and made from £21 to £24 each.
The ■sale in conjunction with the Shorthorn Show held at Birmingham last week brought forth some very good figures, and proves once again the old assertion that good stock will always sell. The first prize yearling bull, Manor Victor, the property of Mr. A. Hiscock, junr., reached 205 guineas, the top figure in the sale ; other prices for bulls were 200 guineas, 140 guineas, and 120 guineas for a first prize bull calf ; 100 guineas for a yearling ; 82 guineas, etc. ; cows and heifers made 50 guinea's, 41 guineas, 40 guineas, 37¿ guineas, etc.
There are various old sayings as to the value of March dust. “ A peck of dust in March is worth a king’s ransom,” is a common one, and a farmer told me the other day ■that March dust was worth a guinea an ounce. If this is correct, there must be ■some of the root of all evil flying about, for even in the first week of the month dust has been flying pretty freely. The old saying probably originates from the fact that March is the usual month for preparing the land and sowing spring corn, and if a nice dry month is vouchsafed the farmer gets his seed in well, which is one ■step towards a good harvest.
The market for English wheat keeps! pretty steady, and during the week has been rather more active, and a turn in sellers’ favour, the price running from 27s. to 29s. per quarter. The Imperial corn averages for the week ending Saturday last were returned as; — Wheat 25s. 8d. ; barley, 26s. 7d. ; oats, 17s. per quarter ; as compared with 35s. 10d., 28s. and 17s. lid. for the corresponding week of last year.
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