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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 153, 4 January 1878, Page 3

BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS! :;: Christmas is Coming. TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PENINSULA. "VTO W is the time to give your Orders in the above line, and W. M. strongly advises you to get your name down early on the list, to ensure getting the work executed in time for Christmas and the Holidays. Independent of the Goods Made to Order, W. M. has in Stock an excellent variety to Suit all Tastes, and he trusts to do a good trade, and earnestly solicits a call, knowing well that a trial will prove that you have been to the right shop, and will also induce you to repeat your visit. OEDEES WILL BE EXECUTED PROMPTLY AND WELL. Will endeavour to give you such an article as a former employer used to speak of when he said—« Give your customers such a boot, made of such materia that will compel them to come back, with tears in their eyes, for some more." «£• NOTE THE ADDRESS— W. MEEOH, VICTORIA HOUSE, AKAROA. £1000 JSIOOO. G. L BEATH AND-CO.. HAVE much pleasure in informing their numerous Customers in Town and Country, that on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26th, they commenced giving. Tickets for their THIRD GRAND DISTRIBUTION OF NEW YEABVB GIFTS, v The number of Gifts for this year's distribution has been increased to FIFTEEN *■ HUNDRED, including one each of Fifty, Twenty-five, and Ten Guineas. The Drawing will take place early in February, as last year, in the -.._... ODDFELLOWS' HALL, LICHFIELD-ST., CHBISTCHUBCH. T» tal List of Gifts for 1878 : . :■ ' ' FIRST (50 guineas) ... Value £52 10 0 SECOND (25 guineas) ... ... ... „ 26 5 0 THIRD (10 guineas) ... , 10 10 0 20 Prizes, each Value £5 „ 100 0 0 50 „ „ £2 „ 100 0 0' 300 ~ „ £1 ... ..-.. ... ... „ 300 0 0 516 „ „ 10s ... ... „ 258 oO' ' 611 „ „ 5s „ 152 i 5 0 1500 Prizes Total Value—£looo 0 0 Tickets may be obtained at G. L. BEATH & CO.'S, Argyle House, Christchurch, up to the end of January, 1878, subject to the following conditions : 1. Each Cash Purchaser will be presented with One whole Ticket for every Pound's worth Bought. For example :—The Purchaser of a Ten Pound Parcel will receive. Ten Tickets. . 2. Purchasers of Ten Shillings worth of Goods will receive a Half Ticket, two of which must be exchanged for a Whole One prior to the end of January. 3. Each wriole Ticket will be numbered. The Winning Numbers will be advertised in the Christchurch Papers the morning after the Drawing. 4. The number of tickets to be given away is limitetl tip 9500 ;- Ctiatbinore are therefore requested to make their purchases as early as possible! 5. Holders of Winning numbers will be at liberty to Select any Class of Goods ' in the Warehouse to the Value of the Gifts Drawn. SPECIAL —AN Season's Goods, including Millinery, Hats and Bonnets, Dresses, • . Prints, Boys', Youths', and Men's Clothing, &c, will be cleared at Sale Prices.

* . GRASS SEED SACKS. SPECIAL make, 48 x 28. A great saving in freight is made by using these extra sized sacks. G ARWOOD & CO. , STEAM COMMUNICATION 10 AND FROM LYTTELTON. rpHE Favourite p. s. TONGARIRO -L will, on and after, the sth instant, Leave Lyttelton every Monday evening returning from Akaroa Wednesdays. Terms of freight, on applicatfon to CAPTAIN CLARKE; Or W. SIMS, Agent. TO HORSE-OWNERS. npHE undersigned begs to inform the 1 horse-owners ot the Peninsula, and adjoining districts, that he" is prepared to undertake the CASTRATION of COLTS. Terms on application to GEORGE ROBINSON, Wairewa, Little Biver. J. S. ANNAND HAS JUST RECEIVED a Large STOCK of BOOTS and SHOES, mostly sewn. J. S. A. wants to see the Boot Trade go in its legitimate channel. Buy your Boots from a tradesman, and get them mended where you buy them. PENINSULA GROCERY. J. VANGIONI, Grocek, Lavaud-street, Akaroa, BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Akaroa and the surrounding districts, that he has COMMENCED BUSINESS as above, and respectfully hopes, by strict attention to the trade, to merit a share of their patronage. All kinds of groceries at the lowest rates. Best brands of flour, tea, sugar, tobacco, &c, always on hand. JO H N W . D r!'e W E TT, Building & Quantity Surveyob, B arbadoes-street, CHRISTCHURCH. Quantities, Prices, and all particulars of material furnished,