Page 2 Advertisements Column 3

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1582, 15 March 1879, Page 2

DUNSTABLE HOUSE. J BALLANTYNE ft CO. beg respectfully to announce that, in compliance with the request of his Worship the Mayor, their ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE CLOSED at NOON on MONDAY NEXT, being the occasion of a (It an cl Fete for the benefit of the Kaitangata Belief Fund. 4276 Government Adv ertising. The Directors of the Press Company having had brought to their not ice a leading article in the “ Lyttelton Times" of 13 th instant, on the subject of Government Advertising, think it advisable to publish the following statement for public information. On the 6/h November, 1876, the Government of Major Atkinson called for tenders for advertising “ such public not ifcations as were required to be or were usually published in the Provincial Government Gazette" in Canterbury. The “ Lyttelton Times ” proprietors were the successful tenderers, being lower in price. This contract did not apply to the bulk of Government advertisements, viz. : —those issued from the Colonial Secretary's office , and from the office of the Minister for Public Works. The year 1877, for which the contract was given, coming to a close, fresh tenders were called for in November of that year. The tender of the “ Lyttelton Times ” was higher than that of the Press Company, and ivas accepted for three (3) months only on the ground of the prices quoted being deemed excessive ; that of the Press Company being rejected on the ground of informality. Shortly after the expiration of that period, the Government, instead of calling for fresh tenders for the whole or any portion of the advertising, discontinued advertising in the Press newspaper, and gave all the advertisements to tho“ Lyttelton Times ” at its own price, and that arrangement is still in force. If extent of circulation had been the guide of the Government in their selection of the best advertising medium , they would have called for fresh tenders periodically. It is plain that, had they wished to act fairly in the matter, they would have adopted that simple and obvious course. It being generally received that the crucial test of the value of an advertising medium is its circulation, the Directors of the Press Company are prepared to prove to the satisfaction of any officer the Government may appoint , that the circulation of the Press newspaper is larger than that of any other morning newspaper published in New Zealand, Christchurch, March 13, 1879. EVANGELISTIC PREACHING. DDFELLOWS’ JJ AL L. Lichfield street. MS. THOMAS H. BATES, Evangelist, Will (D.V.) preach in the above Hall, TO-MORROW EVENING. 4303 TRINITY (Corner Manchester and Worcester Streets). SUNDAY, MARCH 16th. REY. E. WALKER. Worship at 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Morning Discourse—“ Strengthened of God”—Ps. Ixviii. 28. Evening Discourse—“ The Universal Proclamation”—Eev. xxii. 7. 4302 SYDENHAM WESLEYAN CHURCH. R EV. J. S. SMALLEY will conduct Services TO-MORROW EVENING. Subject—“ la there a Hell ?” 4297 KAITANGATA FETE, THE Undersigned will CLOSE their PLACE of BUSINESS the whole of MONDAY next. 4301 WILSON, SAWTELL, & CO. Dress maeing.—wanted, improvera and Apprentices. Apply Mrs MoGreoor, Barbadoes street South, 4300 WANTED immediately, a Wet Nurse. Mrs Ormsby Jones, corncs of East bolt and Cheater street. 4280 WANTED, a Hoy, fourteen or fifteen. W. Dempsey, Colombo street. 4309 10, LET. a SHOP and HOUSE, in a firstclass position, in Whately road. Posdon in the middle of April next. Apply I. Baxter, Chemist, Whately road. 4291 LYTTELTON. TUESDAY, MARCH 18th. MR J. FLETCHER has received instructions to SELL Btf PUBLIC AUCTION, At his Sale-rooms, London street, <>n the above date, FURNITURE, comprising 5 iron bedsteads, mattrasses, pillows, couch, carpet, chairs, fenders and irons, DRAPERY Tweed, cloth and dress pieces, men’s and youths’ suits. CROCKERY WARE. JEWELLERY—GoId and silver watches, earrings, lockets. &c. GROCE KIES—Tea, soap, blacking. BRUSH WARE —All descriptions. SEWING MACHINES, &0., &c. Sale at 12 o’clock sharp. 4305 St. Andrews Church. The Services will bo conducted — TO-MoRROW (Sabbath), 16th, In the Morning by the Rev. J. WHITE, AND In the Evening by the Rev. W. HORNER. 4308