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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 August 1910, Page 2

WLLIAM STEWART PARK. BARRISTER AND bOLIOITOR. BHANNON AND LEVIN. Has rnonoy to lend »t eurrnnt r»tei. jrgA.\KIKS, 7TZHERBKRI A-l AND BLENkJCRN, Barristers. Solicitors »nd NoUri* Pnblio. Resident PartnerCHAS. BLENKHORN. Monf-y t.) I.e?:ri on Approved Socurity u! rurri'ij' Its-tea. 758 0. .TiHeard Natusch, ARCHITECT, COLE'S BUILDINGB, Tho Square, I PALM.EK9TON NORTH. Jl And at BaMance Street, WellingI ton, i ad Napif.r. 247y.

THOMPSON'S BOOK ARCADE The works of all the leading poets of past and present times are to l>o I'fMiii'l on the bookshelves at THOMPSON'S, Oxford Street, Levin. Spenser's "Faery Queen." Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound," Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Love Sonnets, iiiul various other standard works may be quoted. Samples of the works of Levin poets, also, may be procured at Thompson's. One of them, who will do better when lie grows. ol'ler, assures us that— ".Mr Thompson keeps a booksellers shop in Levin — And it is the prettiest bookseller's .shop that ever was seen. There's books by galore. If you want a nice little book Von can do no better than call At Mr Thompson's Book Arcade, Levin." There wore quite a nuntber of Ohati and Levin and Weraroa poets move:! to measured praise bytlvo offer of a prize for the best versified composition. One youthful miss, with a precocious turn for irony, writes : — "There's a stationery shop ii> Levin you should know, Where all the commousense peoplo do so. There arc a few more who live round, about Should visit this shop when'er they are out." After f'onsidpring various merits and weaknesses in the many verses ,«ent in' the judge has deckled to award the prize of iive shillings to the. following effort:— THOMPSON'S BOutv ARCADE "Of (■■nurse you all know this place of renown Ft a , gr;od quality goods; its the best in the town. Aim! i or tiling too, the prices are fair, And there's no overcharging or huge proiiis there; So if you're evor in Levin—this lively little town— .Just step into Thompson's and bnve n quiz round, Fur they've choice there to distraction, And the result you will find is great satisfaction." JKSSTR CAMPBELL. J. W. Thompson BOOK LEVIN.