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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 433, 14 September 1880, Page 4

ISusincgft jVoticc. THLS SPACE is RESERVED for G. BLACK, CRITERION HOUSE, AKAROA.

Advance .A-Karoaiii IN consequence of the postponement of the Property Tax, the great increase of trade, and the immense influx of cash during the past month, the Undersigned intends to THRO W AWAY A LOT OF USEFUL & ORNAMENTAL GOODS during the present. I need not remind my Customers and the Inhabitants generally of the improved state of our thriving and busy little Town since my sojourn in it, also of the numerous extra comforts you have been enabled to obtain through the excellent assortment of everything I keep in stock (especially the Fryingpans)—a stock that has only been gathered by years of careful study, and by my deep and thorough insight into, and knowledge of, Human Nature. The quality of my PRIZE-MEDAL YELLOW SOAP Has become a by-word ; let alone the fact that a pair of my Bellows will raise more wind—(l'm not blowing)—than any two pairs purchased anywhere else. " Golly, massa," as the poet says, "facts are stubborn tilings," yet nothing compared to my Stony Marbles at 12 for One Penny. Then, again, who ever heard of an Ornamental Glass Mustard Pot for 9d, and a Bone Spoon to eat it with (the mustard I mean) for 3d ? Six Petroline Candles for lid, and each candle will burn as long as any other candle. A penny saved in the shilling is but a light matter with most people, yet a pound is saved in eleven shillings ! Thirty-Hour CLOCKS for 7s, Guaranteed equal to Ah ! never mind at the ticking business. I will not further expatiate, as the above will give some idea of the continued advantages to be reaped by dealing with JtL. .Oil lens, ECONOMY HOUSE. N.B. —Just arrived, and remarkably good and cheup—Ladies' and Gents' Riding Whips, Gents' Saddles ; Nailrod, Twist (Real "Venus"), and Water Lily Tobaccos ; Trace Chains, Thinskinned Oranges (very refreshing and good for public speakers and members of corporate bodies); Spring Cat and Rabbit Traps ; Glue, Glycerine, and Grindstones ; Pebble Spectacles, specially suitable for Theological students, overworked chairmen, leading article compilers, &c, &c. Feb. 5