BUSINESS NOTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2139, 23 July 1907, Page 3

BUSINESS NOTES.

On Saturday Messrs. Miller and Craig will offer at auction- the tinclaimed goods in the hands of Mr. Geo Smith, pawnbroker. A shop in Gladstone-road is advertised to let.

Mr. J- Roland,, general repairer, Ims a business notice elsewhere in chij issue. ... 1 1 another column Mr. "VV. L. Clayton advertises a number of properties for sale.

In conversation with a representative of this journal Mr. H. T. Johnson, Hawke’s. Bay manager for the National Mutual Life Association, mentioned that that Company was the first in the world to apply surrender in payment of premiums in arrears. ■ An experienced married couple are wanted for a sheep station. A boy is wanted. A district agent for Blenheim is wanted by a fire and accident-insur-ance company. Mr. Hall Skelton, Auckland, lias ,in advertisement in this issue giving a list of lands which he lias for sale. Tenders will be received at the Public Works Office, Wellington, until August 30th for the constructimi of the Waikohu bridges on the Gis-borne-Motu railway. Mr. George Smith notifies that he has mutton-birds for sale. Mr. J. Lynch, wool and coal merchant, has a business notice in this issue. A small country business is advertised for by Messrs J. Peckover and Co.. Present entries for the stock sale to be held at Matawhero on Thursday next appear in another column. A notice regarding shares in the Lynda Soap Co. appears elsewhere. Mr. Jno. L. Nichol, eyesight specialist, practising in conjunction with Mr. Samuel Barry, of- Auckland, mav bo - consulted, at tlio JVlasonic Hotel during this week. Mr. J. English, cab proprietor, has a business notice in this issue. Attention is drawn by advertisement in this issue to the sale being i held by the Melbourne Cash. Messrs. Peckover and Co. ask for a variety of servants. Mr. T. A. Coleman has bushfelling to let. Mr. It- Colebroolc, Waerenga-a-hika, advertises that ho has seed poI tatocs for sale. At Auckland on August 9th a tliouI sand acres of dairying land in the 1 Waikato will be sold by Mr. T. ManI deno Jackson. ~ „ . r Under instructions from the ltegistrar of the Supreme Court Mr. G. R. Wyllie will sell section 22, Town of I Ormond, by auction on August 17th.. | Messrs. Horne and have a I business notice in this issue. _ Mr. T. J. Thomas ~ notice elseI where relative to onions. I Messrs. Chambers and Keam, KaiI ti Joinery Works, have a business I notice in this issue. A number of advertisements reI gai dino- the boots stocked by Messrs. I Lang and Son appear jn another column. I Mr. E. J. West, of the Dunedin I Nurseries, has a notice elsewhere in j this issue regarding pruning and I spraying. I An advertiser l ent elsewhere gives I the dates on which stock sales will be I held at Matawhero.

Half-Price.—lt . isn’t often yon ran buy Bladk Dress Goods at half the usual price. Now is the time to save monev by visiting our AVinter Sale.—C. Rosie and Co.

The proportion of cows to bullocks slaughtered at the Fielding abattoirs in abnormally largo. Last month there were 105 cows slaughtered and 17 bullocks. Councillors the other night (says the Star) wanted to 'know if there was any way of ascertaining the .age of the cows. _lt was generally accepted that Fielding was being fed on the flesh of old cows. A Southland farmer who objected to the Valuation Department assessing him at £9' per acre nearly took a fit at the Assessment Court the other day when a member offered him £l2 an acre, and subsequently raised it to £l3. Tli e owner however wasn’t selling; and lie left the Court with very strong opinions about the appointment of members who understood the value of land. Brown boots for the use of dogs aro now being sold in Chicago. The dogs are taught to wipe their boots on the doormat like human beings. Europe spends £7 on armies for 1 every pound, that the whole of AmeI rica—North and South—spends. I I love to hoar your lios say this, “Darling. Como back and ‘TaykaI kiss’ ” I Since longing tliusly givos mo pain, Just say those lovely words_ again. ' Penny an ounce at Dustin’s,