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He returned to Christchurch, whilst his wife Mary and their two children remained in Wellington. Rolleston was elected unopposed on 22 May 1868. [24] [25] And on 8 June, he was elected to Parliament in the 1868 by-election in the Avon electorate. [26] Late in 1868, the Rollestons moved back to Christchurch to live at Linwood House. [27]
The Mount Pleasant run changed ownership to Richard May Morten, and upon his death in 1909, his sons Richard and Arthur Morten became trustees of the estate. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 2 ] The trustees broke up the run into numerous smaller lots and sold these at auction in March 1912.
The most common reasons for an estate sale is the death of the property owner, [2] and the consequent need to quickly liquidate the deceased's belongings for any number of reasons: The survivors/heirs may have no interest in the bulk of the personal belongings left by the deceased; The survivors/heirs may simply lack space to keep the belongings
The large estate owned by Mr Norris changed hands several times during the first half of the 19th century. After Norris's death it was acquired by Robert Heathcote, and on his death the estate was put up for auction The estate was purchased by James Dover, in whose possession it remained until 1841; then it was sold to Major Stephenson. [9]
Riccarton House is an historic building in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is part of the Riccarton estate, the first area in Christchurch lived in by British settlers, after which the suburb of Riccarton is named. The house was commissioned by Jane Deans, the widow of Canterbury pioneer John Deans, and finished in 1856. It was twice extended ...
Walter Joseph Moore bought Chippenham Lodge from the Brown estate in 1902. Moore, who was an accountant and estate agent, undertook some subdivision. In 1924, the property was sold to the surgeon Hugh Acland, who kept subdivided some more land and kept the house until his death in 1961. [1]
In 2006 a user attempted to auction the Optus B1 satellite following a malfunction. [34] The opening price started at NZ$200,000,000. Trade Me withdrew the auction after 231,908-page views. In May 2006 a member tried to sell Australia, using humorous descriptions of the country. The auction drew over 100 questions, and had more than 11,000 views.
This was unsuccessful and the auction was held for what remained of the ship where it lay. [11] This too seemed to be unsuccessful and the ship was acquired by Mr Poynter. Poynter died on 31 August 1868 and his estate was either bequeathed or sold. [12] Trask could have acquired the cannons at that time, although this is speculative.