WLLIAfi! STEWART PARK. JJAKIUb'mt AiND tiULIOITOR. SHANNON , AND LEVIN. Has money to lend at eurnmt ratei. ?1 A.VKINS. !TZH£HBBRI ii AND BLEN^JCaN, Bt,-ru't.c. 8 jlioKore mud Notnrir Pnblio. }V?\ri<-r,t PartnerCHAS. BLENKHORN. ?,?..!oy t: I.i.T.d on Approved Sβc;jrit.v r»t Currt't-- Itman. * 759 O. TsiSesrd ftaiusch, ARCHITECT, ! COLS'H BUILDINGS, s The Square, ! PALMERSTON NORTH. : ; And at HuHancp Street, Welling- : U , :-!, and \apier. 847y. : THOMPSON'S BOOK ARCADE The works of all the leading poets of past and present times are to ho I'd'und on tlio bookshelves at THOMPSON'S, Oxford Street, Levin. Spenser's "Faery Queen." Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound," Elizabeth Harrett Browning's Love Sonnets, and 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 he grows older, assures us that— ! "Mr Thompson keeps a bookseli lers shop in Levin — .; And it is the prettiest bookseller's I slid]) that ever was seen. J Thore'.s books by galore. ! ll' you want a nice little book j You can do no better than call I At Mr Thompson's Book Arcade. ! Levi:>." There wore quite a num'ber of Ohau and Levin and Weraroa poets move! to measured praise hytlw? ofi'er of a prize for the best versified compilation. One yo'iitliful miss, with a nreco'.-ious turn for irony, 'vrites:. ... I j "There's a stationery shop in Levin you should know, V.'here all the cominonsen.se people do go. There :\vo a few more who live round about Should visit this shop when'er they are out." After considering various merits •and weaknesses in the many verses pent in' the .judge has decided to awanl the prize of five shillings to ' t'ic. Nhrvii-g effort:— TIfO.MPSOX'S ' HOuiv ARCADE "Of course you all know this place of renown Fcr !i;cod (|iinlit.v goods; its the in the town. Anoii-rr tbinir too, the prices are fair, An 1 there's no overcharging or huge proms there; So if you're ever in Levin—this lively little {own— Just step into Thompson's and have a quiz round, Vdv they've choice there to distraction, And the result you will find is great satisfaction." JESSIE CAMPBELL. J, W, Thompson BOOK ! LEVIN. i I
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HC19100823.2.13.4
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1910, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
359Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1910, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
See our copyright guide for information on how you may use this title.