The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have receiv* ed the following telegram from their London office, dated 7th instant :— Tallow- -The market is strong. Good mutton is worth 26s 9d per cwt, and good beef 25s 6d per cwt. A petition, asking Mr Withy, member for Newton, to resign, has been drafted, and is now being printed. It is supposed to emanate horn the Protectionist party. The intention is to present the petition at the meeting next; Tuesday, .when Mr Withy has invited his constituents to meet him. A. Napier builder went bankrupt the other day* He had undertaken fifteen contracts for £11.835 6s 9d, and the work cost; him £12,239 18s 4d. One of them, a residence, - cost him £1326 10s 3d to execute, while the amount of his tender was only £978 8s 2d, over 30 per cent, less.
' Hating now finished oar annual stock- ' taking, and hating been also busily em- " ployed during the past ten days in openi ing out our first importation of spring . goods, we are prepared to show the good > people of Wellington an exceedingly T choice, elegant, aud select assortment at t the Wholesale Family Drapery Ware* house, Te Aro House, Wellington. r We are convinced that, our new prints, zephyrs, and, dress goods, of every de» 3 scription, will outrival anything that, can : yossibly be shown in the city, and we - have the authority of competent experts [ for this statement. Whether. .as regards l designs, qualities, or prices the public will r find that we are really s A l, at Te Aro <. House, Wellington. Add not onjy in these goods, but in I mantles, costumes, milinery, and. all other * seasonable goods our buyer bos proved r himself to be far in advance of his com* 9- peers, and the advantages of his taste and 2J judgment will doubtless be appreciated [ by the steady throng of customers we it expect to see at Te Aro House, Welling* ; ton. - Ova first grand show wilt take place on Thursday. next, 6ih September, when the public will have an opportunity of witnessing one of the most unique, fash- - ionable and attractive displays of new 8 spring goods ever held at the Wholesale r Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro s Hcluse, Wellington. Our only address 9 afwueu Csmith,TeAro House, Wellington.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 40, 11 September 1888, Page 3
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