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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1585, 19 March 1879, Page 2

THE LEVIATHIAN SALE MEN'S, YOUTHS,' AND BOYS' CLOTHING Is now proceeding^ LEEDS HOUSE, CASHEL STREET, Nearly opposite the " Press" Office. See our reduced price lists. J. Le Masurier & Co. AUTUMN SEASON. ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES. ' HAVE pleasure in announcing that ex- __ tensive ALTERATIONS and ADDITIONS to my premises are now completed, whereby a large amount of additional room has been gained, the result being that customers will now be attended to with much greater comfort to themselves, and greatly increased facilities for inspecting and purchasing every class of goods. I am now receiving and opening up large large shipments of FASHIONABLE AUTUMN DRAPERV, ex ships Waikato, Mennock, Orthes, &0., comprising a large variety of every class of goods, suitable for the season, particularly in the following lines, viz., Dress Materials, an unusually abundant selection of Newest Goods in choice and useful shades, as all wool Satin Cloths, Silk and Wo )1 Reps, Costume Cloths and Tweeds, Estamene and all Wool Serges, &c , &c, Ladies' Jackets and Ulsters, fashionable shapes and materials, Shawls in fancy wool, striped beaver, Angora, velvet, snowflake, &c, Skirts in grey and colored melton and felt, black quilted satin and lnstre, and a large assortment of Hosiery, Underclothing, Laces, Ties, Sewed Goods, and every requisite in Household Furnishinga, BOYS', YOUTHS' AND MEN'S CLOTHING In large variety of both English and Colonial Manufacture. I can confidently appeal to the reputation for thorough good value and moderate pricea I have gained In the past, and would only say that these new goods have been purchased under most favorable circumstances in the leading home markets and are marked at a most moderate profit. ROBERT BLACK, Draper and Clothier, High and Lichfield streets. 4053 RAPER, CHARTERS & CO. have FOK, SALE, on unusually Favorable Terms, SECTIONS in Wilson's Nursery, Ferry road. Pries, £sl each; terms, £3 cash, and £3 every three months until completion- Interst, 10 per cent. DRAPER, CHARTERS & CO., 3489 Hereford street. Government Advertising. The Directors of the Press Company having had brought to their notice a leading article in the " Lyttelton Times" of 13th instant, on the subject of Government Advertising, think it advisable to publish the following statement for public information. On the 6th November, 1876, the Government of Major Atkinson called for tenders for advertising " such public notifications 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 was 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 the" 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 toould 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. J. MILLS, TAILOR, Pratt's Buildings, Colombo Btreet, EGS to call the attection of the Public to hia first SHIPMENT OF AUTUMN GOODS.