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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 296, 20 May 1879, Page 3

"PRO BONO PUBLICO." I really do not wish to blow, but " Economy House is all the go. What's the reason! I dont kriow, unless because my goods are low. Some will say " 'tis all my ey.* 1" But ■ if those who don't believe will try, And just a line or two will buy, they'll ne'er again be. heard to cry, " Pray; can you tell the reason, why Akaroa prices are bo high ?'* So a few new lines just in I'll quoteTwelve good clothes pegs for half a groat. ; Strong kitchen chairs for six and six. I've cross-cut saws with lightning teeth, Through wood they'll ;go as if Hwaa; --beef.'" ' .' * '' "\'.'" "' So fast they cut when once they're started, , . That ere you can stop them the tree is parted. -~ They are as cheapas cheese, and ready for use, And will last for- an age if you don't ■ -.-abuse;- > : . : -; — ..-■ ■---- This is quite true As I'm alive 1 '"". Or at any rate as Mac the scribe. (The " Bonny Scot," jrhp but l«st week, > Three of our Council tried to unseat,,. Old Shakespeare's words are true 1 ween," "tho'keen the teeth of winter's wind, ' Yet not so sharp, because. unseen, as man's ingratitude unkind.") New clothes lines made of galvanised wire, Defying alike both water and fire. For years they will last, and never rust; Two and nine I them sell, so buy them you must. New breach-loading guns, just now out from home, With newest improvements, and a nice little box. | Nine pounds is t__e price, and small is the stum For a B. L., with, top action and rebounding locks. Then I have powder, shot, and caps, for shooting wild cats And cock pigeons with long tails, that run about the grass ; But not the little quails you may see among the vales, Only whisper '* by land bye;" then let them by you pass, For it really is a shame to destroy those birds so game That have cost such time and trouble for our country-to import..Then let us do our best to protect and leave atrest ■; yy_ ;;'.!: 's :.' - : : What in future years may give us so much sport. ~ - I am wandering again into another strain, So back agaitt Jt'll COme to where I "off did break, And now again begin. with candlestipks of tin, • " And one shilling is: the pri-e" for each I'll take. '" .. . I've teapots on the shelf, some people call them delf, But what they are of course it matters little; . Of color they are brown, and the price is half a crown, And good tea I know they make, although they're rather brittle, i ' ' So good-bye 111 say again, as it's very, very plain : ; That there's someone trying to break down the shop door. And I'm glad to see come back ~, 'Our-friend " Sundowner Jack ;" May ho ne'er have cause to leave us any more. ~* H. BILLENS, ECONOMY HOUSE. AGENT for Mr W. ROBERTS, WATCHMAKER, Manchester street, Christchurch, who for cheapness and skilled workmanship is ndt to beequalled. All orders punctually attended to arid work guaranteed. Licensed to Sell awns, .amunition, and everything necessary to make a crack - shot. : Also, blasting powder, dr ills hammers, &c. Doors, sashes, mouldings, architraves, ridging, spouting, galvanized iron, 5 to 9 feet lengths, T & G flooring and match linirig, carpenters' and builders' materials of all kinds, paints, oils, glass, and paperhangings. ._. . > : ! Agent for the Standard Insurance 'Company and " New Zealand Wesleyan." . '.',_,.„; TENDERS wanted for the Goodwill 1 of Three" Hundred ' Acres of Land, situated in Holmes'. Bay Valley, Pigeon Bay. ' , „ Tenders to be sent in on or belore May 23, 1879. , For further particulars, apply to T. Lester, on the ground. . NOTICE TO PLOUGHMEN AND LANDOWNERS. IT having been reported to the Sur-veyor-General that Survey Pegs in the various districts are being daily ploughed up, -he Government has decided to prosecute in, every, ease,[.and on conviction-will press for the infliction of the highest penalty. (J. 50) allowed under ":The« Stajtionsr an,d Sm*vey M*rks A!ctf:lß6s.: , /- -J- ' J -\ ~. Surveyors arid Police will be instructed to use" every endeavor to discover any person disturbing or removing any existing survey mark or peg, either ' on his own land or on land that he may be at work on. J. BALLANCE, ( For Minister for Lands.)