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Show Great Hapsburg Properties Being Turned Into Cash , VIENNA, Oct 28. .The liquidation J Of the '.ast Hapsburg holdings; In Au- i I trie with the exception of the possessions posses-sions considered private Will be completed com-pleted shortly, and the final report is exp.-cted t.e show the disposal of i prop, i ties valued at many millions ol ' crowns! Most of the funds realised ; through the sale and the leasing of former eourt buildings will be used lor the benefit 01 war Invalids. The large reduction in territory now under the government of Austria has greatly diminished the amount of spa..- i..Uir .1 i., i a, lmmiat ration pur-i pur-i poses. ;,nd many blocks of office buildings build-ings have been rent. .1 to private individuals. indi-viduals. The possessions considered as pri-vate pri-vate have been reduced to the minimum. min-imum. Many persona) presents made to former ESmperor Francis Joseph. I Empress Elizabeth ,and the late Emperor Em-peror Karl b foreign monarchs Austrian Aus-trian citL s and communities were Included In-cluded In tho sale. A large number num-ber of costly vases, locks, pictures and china; the Czar's present of Diag-jniflcent Diag-jniflcent tables nnd vases of lapis lazuli, laz-uli, and works of art presented by the emperors of China and Japan, were among Ihe objects sold to foreigners, for-eigners, particularly Itallasn. who paid I large amounts for their purchases. The old and new court palaces; the COUrl stables, and a number of famous fam-ous castles, villas and estates in the provinces were the principal buildings build-ings sold. |