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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 297, 23 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 don't know, unless because my goods are low. Some will say " 'tis all my oyc !" But if those who d..n't believe wi ! 1 try. And just a line or two will buy,, they'll ne'er again be Inard to cry, " Pray, can you tell the reason, why Akaroa.prices arc so high ?" So a few new lines just in I'll quote— Twelve good clothes pegs for half a groat. Three and a half for nails mixed .; Strong kitchen chairs for six and six. I've cross-cut saws with lightning teeth, Through wood they'll go as if 'twas beef. So fast they cut when once they're started, That ere you can stop them the tree is parted. They are as cheap as cheese, and ready for use, And will last for an age if you don't abuse. This is quite true as I'm alivo ! Or at any rate as Mac the scribe. (The " Bonny Scot," who but last week, Three of our Council tried to unseat, Old Shakespeare's words are true I 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, v With newest improvements, and a nice little box. Nine pounds is the price, and small is the sum For a B. L., with top action and rebounding lpcks. 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 sec among the vales, Only whisper "by and 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 at rest What in future years may give us so much sport. I am wandering again into another strain, So back again I'll come to where I off did break, And now again begin with candlesticks of tin, And one shilling is the price 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. So good-bye I'll 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 he 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 not to be equalled. All orders punctually attended work guaranteed. Licensed to sell arms, amunition, and everything necessary to make a crack shot. Also, blasting powder, drills hammers, &c. Doors, sashes., mouldings, architraves, ridging, spouting, galvanized iron, 5 to 9 feet lengths, T & G flooring and match lining, carpenters' and builders' materials of all kinds, paints, oils, glass, and paperhangings. Agent for the Standard Insurance Company and " New Zealand Wesleyan."' 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, the Government has decided to prosecute in every case, and on conviction will press for the infliction of the highest penalty (£SO) allowed under "The. Trigonometrical Stations and Survey Marks Act, 1868." Surveyors and Police will he 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.) COUNTY OF AKAROA. I HEREBY give notice that, in accordance with Clause 48 of the " Counties Act, 1876," I appoint MONDAY, the 16th of June, 1879, at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Akaroa, at the hour of eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to hear and determine all objections to the Roll for the County of Akaroa. J. AYLMER, R.M.