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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 681, 23 January 1883, Page 3

O. I*. Smith WAR! WA.RI! WAR!!! JailltjT W$ Pali!*} off I AKLAOODLKSS VICTORY! G. F. SMITH TRIUMPH AIT!!! TO the inhabitants of Akaroa and the surrounding Bays. The above grea battle has been raging during the past five weeks at G. F. SMITH'S ENORMOUS SALE OF DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, OPPOSITE THE WHARF, BEACH ROAD, AKAROA. Special News from the Seat of War. The Banner still Flying. Unprecedented success having attended my Great Sale, I have decided to hold a FINAL CLEARING SALE for FOUR WEEKS, during which period the Stock MUST BE SOLDI This is no humbug, but the honest truth; being heavily stocked with the following Goods, they must go. Call early and* judge for yourselves. Heaps of Remnants having collected during my Sale, they will also be cleared at absurd prices. DRESS DEPARTME NT. Lustres, 9£d per yard. Fancy Dress Stuff, well worth ls 6d per If you want a dress, be sure and call. yard, now selling at & 8-£ d per yd Good All-wool Beiges, suitable for win- CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. ter. ls per yard C-Jood Tweed Suits, 37s 6d Heavy Cotton JTweeds, 10|d per yard Good Tweed Trousers, 5s lid Beautiful New French Cashmeres, double Good Mole Trousers, 5s lid width,!Bs 3d;per yard Hats, all shapes and sizes Homespuns, Is 2d per yard | Shirts of every description, from ls 6d ea. A lot of Ladies' and Children's Straw Hats, from 9d each ; also, Children's Sailor Hats, 6d each. MUST BE SOLDI Underclothing, Hosiery, Corset?, Gloves, &c, &c, &c, an endless variety. _b:e stt:r,:e -ajstd O-ajlilj -a.t 1 1 MIIII MIIITOI lIH «y M»ni, OPEN FROM 9 TILL 9. OPPOSITE WHARF, AKAROA. OASR len* Zealand JJoan aud Mercantile JLg-ency Company GHRISTCHTTRQH Wool; and Grain "Warehouses. NEW ZEALAND LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL £3,000,000 RESERVE £200,000 HAVING regard to the approach of the Wool Season (1882-83) the Company would direct the attention of WOOL GROWERS to its arrangements for dealing with WOOL placed in its hands for realisation, to the perfecting of, which special care has been devoted by the management. It has, therefore, every confidence in asking the consideration of Clients and others to the following features in connection therewith :— The Company holds PERIODICAL AUCTION SALES OF WOOL ■ throughout the Season, at which clients may offer' the whole or a portion of their Clips,,and in case of reserves not being reached, entries may either be carried forward to another Sale (STORAGE FREE) or shipped to London For Sale there. FARMERS' ; PARCELS receive Special Attention. Every lot, whether dargeAor valued by Experts engaged for the purpose, and fully protected up to Market Rates. The charges on any Lots not sold are limited to ■"■r-;-' ONE SHILLING PER BALE , to cover Receiving, Cataloguing, Offering, Storage, and Delivering. Ample accommodation will be provided for the Efficient Display of Every Lot. The ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION OCCUPIED BY THE COMPANY'S WAREHOUSES enables it to save clients the Cost of Cartage and., Terminal Railway Charges. " ' .; The Company has passing through its hands every .year ' ."" j A LARGER QUANTITY OF NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIAN WOOL,! by many Thousand Bales than any other House in the World, from which'fact its capacity to deal with Consignments may be inferred. During the progress 6f; the Wool Sales in London, FREQUENT TELE-j GRAPHIC ADVICES are received under cypher, stating the course of the market and the prices obtained for every description of Wool, which are immediately communicated to the Company's Constituents, account sales and remittances following with promptitude. ADVANCES ARE MADE ON A LIBERAL SCALE against Wool,either j for sale here or in London ; or on Growing Clips under Hen, free of commission. ; The position of tne Company as the leading Wool House of Australasia may be shown by the following figures :— Bales. Shipments to London, 1881 ~.75,304 Sales in Melbourne, 1881 21,259 , Sales in New Zealand, 1881 6,530 .. • 'i ___,____,_ Making a grand total of ... 103,693 CHARGES ON PRODUCE ARE AS FOLLOWS:— WOOL.*— deceiving, delivering and classifying, 2s rer bale, 6d per bag.; insurance * 6d per bale, 3diper bag ; cataloguing and advertising, 3d per bale-; commission , li-percent over £500," 2-j? per cent under £500. SHEEPSKINS.—Receiving and delivering, ls per 50 ; commission, 2-| per cent., HlDES.—Receiving and delivering ; If salted in store, ls each •; green,6d ', commission, 2£ per cent..,' i GRA IN.—Receiving, delivering, and storage, under 4 weeks, 2d per bag ■; over 4 I weeks and under 8 weeks, 3d per bag ; commission, 2£ per cent. j TALLOW AND FAT.—Receiving and delivering, 6d per cwt.; commission,; per cent. j i . Wool intended for sale at the Christchurch Wool and Grain Warehouses \ .should be consigned to "The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Com-j pany's- Private Siding, Christchurch," and that intended for shipment -should j "beisent to theiCompauy!s| order, Lyttelton. A*~y^ZA' : CAAr.-Al-'A' ' JOHN (OOKE, Manager. . .•-,-.-1 >m t'i"? E.S. HA RLE V, Produce Manager, i

• „•.•*•; ■*,*•-'' JEhalKlic *Jf o.ico** '?"«■" • " -J l -MUSIC.. \j[ ISS M, A. CONNELL will be JA-1.. at. home on Saturday next, January 27th, and will resume her Classes, on Monday, the 29th. PIANO TUNING. HERR FELIX ILLING, from Germany, Practical Tuner and Repairer,of Pianos and Harmoniums, has arrived in Akaroa. • Orders left at Windermere House or the office of this paper will be promptly attended to. • TESTIMONIAL. Meadowbank, St. Andrew's, Near Timaru. Dec. 14, 1882. Mr Feik Ming. Sib, —I am perfectly satisfied in the ; manaer yon have repaired and tuned my piano, being equal to a new one, and caa strongly recommend you ns being thoroughly proficient in your profession. I remain, Sir 5 Yours truly, ALFRED PIGEON.

Road Board Notices j AKAROA AND WAINUI KOAD BOARD. • "XTOTICE is hereby given, that aU JLN Rates not paid within fifteen days from the receipt of the Board's • notice to that effect, will be sued for,; ' Al Rates to be paid to me, or sent by letter addressed to me, at the Board's i Office, Duvauchelle's Bay. By order. ' < JOHN BARWICK, ! CSerk to the Bonrd. Garwood & Co, NEW POTATOES. ERMAN BAY growth, at , GARWOOD & CO.'S. VALENTINES! VALENTINES!! SENTIMENTAL and # Comic. A splendid assortment just to hand from Melbourne. , I GARWOOD & CO. j,