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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 October 1891, Page 2

When grocers fall out, the pnblio get the advantage. There certainly is a saying somewhat similar, nut not app icable. In our last issue Messrs McMillan Rhodes &Co. and C. Honore place before the world, the lowest prices at which they will net tho cash, and their efforts should be successjul, j as the goods are only to be sold at such prices for cash. Comparisons, in groceries, are odourous, and Messrs Me Millau Rhodes ACo. are first past tbe post by a heart, bnt a Judge is yet to be appointed, who can then award the prize. The race is in heats, Mr McLennan wants a few smart boys for shearing. Mr Perreau, in another column has something to say about prices. Sheaving at the Orona Downs will commence on Wednesday 21st. Tenders are invited by the Bornujjh CoHMlljoi' tttpfttUnf-;!

At the meeting of the Manawatu County Courietf yesterdiiy Messrs Aldridge 4n<i . Eastoh securred this , cdrltract for building ti\e new punfe. • It was also decided to offer Mr nowe £30 for the house he erected on the Shannon ferry reserve. Mr Kebbell, chairman of the Horowhenua County Council made a good record in travelling yesterday. He left his residence at Ohau between 5 and 6 o'clock, got to Foxton in time for breakfast at 8, and was in Sanson at 10.30 a.m.. tie travelled onbusines for the County. Mr H. M. Stanley was a passenger on the train earring the outward Australian mulls via Brindisi across the Continent which came into collision with a goods train at Carovigno. He escaped and only one person was injured. Mr McLennan is said to have bad 117 per cent of lambs. This on such a large number of ewes is remarkably g.od. There will be plenty of work in this district directly as the Manawatu County Council will shortly call for tenders for claying and metaling a long distance of roads. A meeting of tha subscribers to the Doctor's Fund is fixed for Monday evening next. The Achray Estate, Amu'i district, has been sold to Mr Harrison Davis. It com* prises 18,000 acres of freehold land. Fourteen thousand crossbred sheep go with it. 'i he price is understood to be between forty and fifty thousand pounds, Jn the right bank of the Biver AinooDaria, near the town of Karki, in Bokhara, grottoes have been found among the hills leading to a subterranean city, the evidences of which dates baok into antiquity. By the light of the miners' lamp the place presents a quaint, fantastic appearance. There are houses in perfect construction, one or two storys high, with.a pretence of architectural elegance filled with' furniture and various domestic utensils, The second direct shipment for the season is just to hand ex s.s Tainui, 73 cases and packages have been received by us to date for the present season, and the very pick of the Spring and Summer Fash, ions and Novelties is now obtainable in all departments at " The Bon Marche, Palmerston North, Residents of this district visiting Palmerston are respectfully invited to inspect these extensive shipments of new and fashionable Drapery, Dress Goods, Mantles, Millinery, and Novelties which surpass anything previously shown at the Bon March A, Palmerston North. — Boss & Sanj>foih>. The appearance both externally and in ternally of our widely known Family Drapery Warehouse Is now extremely brjl* liant. With the advent of the Spring Season come an entire change of Fashions. The dark, sombre tints of winter are now completely eifaoed by the light, cheerful, beautiful new colors that distinguish the present season's fashions at Te Aro House, Wellington. An advantage to customers not possessed by any srnal traders anywhere is the im* mense range of choice in every description of Fabric and Fashions to be always seen at Te Aro House, Wellington. The colors of the new Dress Fabrics are principally Grey, Grey-Blue Lavender, Cornflour-Blue, and the most delicate tints of Dove and Fawn, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Patterns of our new Dress Fabrics with self-measurement chart, will be forwarded post free on application to our only address, James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington. THEBE IS ONE THING every house wife should know, and that is that Hercules Baking Powder is the best. Why ? It is the cheapest beoause the Best for makng breads, pastry, cakes, puddings, scones, *c. Beautifully light and wholesome, in 6d and Is tins. From all grocers. Visitors to our Warehouse will view with wonderment our vast piles of every description of Spring and Summer Dress Fabrics, consisting of Jacquard Beiges, natural Homespuns, Art Diagone'.s, French Corduroy, French and Scotch Chirids, Saxony Suitings, Camel Hair Tweeds, Jacquavd Vigoreaux, Twilled and Plain Beues, French Delaines, Printed Bengalines and Foulards, Floral and Striped Bengalin-s, Silk Grenadines, Summer Serges and Foules, <tc, «src, at Te Aro House, Wellington. I ■«*——————— I