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Manawatu Herald, 15 December 1892, Page 1

We have made the following mrangements for the distribution of CHRISTMAS GIFTS Dining the present month of December, and we feel confident you will SAVE MONEY by purchasing from us, besides getting a PKE3ENT, iu accordance with the undevnotod scale : — Every Cash Customer will be enabled to SELECT GIFTS from a large varie y of Fancy Articles imported expressly for ths CHPJSTM \S SE SON from Japan and London, in accordance with the folio ying scale : — On all purchases amoirting to 10= a present to the value of la On all purchases amounting to 15s a present to the value of 1/6 ' On all purchases amounting to 20s a preseut to the value of 2s On all purchases amounting to 25s a present to the value of 2/6 On all purchases amount ing to 80s a present to the value of 3s On all purchases amounting to 80s a present to the value of 3/6 On all purchases amounting to 40s a present to the value of 4-s On all purchases amounting to 45s a present to the value of 4/6 On all purchases amounting to 50s a present to the value of 5s And so on in proportion up to ob_Lv_Jv/« or any larger sum. At the time of pucchase each Customer w ilj receive a TICKET with the money value of the Gift stated on it, and this ticket may be exchanged at once, or at any time during the month of Pfcember, for such article or articles as may be selected. The Exceptions are Kid Gloves, Millinery, Dresses made io order and Tailoring. The Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, TE ARO HOUSE.

TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN THE OTAKI & FOXTON DISTRICT. The Powerful Thoroughbred Carriage Stallion TAM O'SHANTER. TAM O'SHA~NTER, by Messenger (imp.) — Banehee, by Sir Charles ; g.d. imported from Tas mania by M chad Studholnia, who l>red Banshee TAM O'SHANTiR is a grey hors", ten yfars dd, standing 1G hands 2 inches, possessing great bone and strength. He gained first I prize flt Ashburton, 1884, first in 1885 and 188(5, second in Clm&tchnrch in 1880, first in Christchurch 1887 nnd 1888, and first in Kirwee in 1888. lie took first prize at the Ellesmere A. and P. Show, 1889, in Carriage Class, and special prize for the best Carriage Morse on the ground; fist at Rangiorn, 1889; second at the C. A. and P. Association Show, 1889, and Earl Onslow's (Governor of New Zealand) silver medal for the test Carriage Horse on tie ground, the prize being awarded to the horse best adapted for improving the breed of carriage horses, and free from all hereditary unsoundness. TAM O'SHANTER has proved himself a very sure foal getter. MESSENGER, sire of TAM O'SHANTER, was a bay horse, standing 16 hands 2 inches high, possessing great power, and full of stout and fast blood. Archer, half brother of his sire, Bottler, was the winner of the Melbourne Cup in two successive years, carrying the top 1 .veights nf 9st 71b and lOst 121b, and was one of the greatest two-mile horses ever bred in Australia, Cinderella, dam of Bottler, was also the dam of Tim Whiffler, winner of both Metropolitan and Melbourne Cup in 1867, end numerous other great races; while Tarragon, out of Messenger's dam, was the winner of the Victorian Champion Race in 1866, after a dead heat with Volunteer— the first heat run in smin 47sec, and the secoud in smin 48sec, carrying 9st 131b. Bottler was a 1 so a creditbale performer on the colonial turf. Terms, for the Season.— £8 8s per single mare ; two or more, £3, payable by promissory note from first service. Groomage Fee Bs. All Mares Sold, Dying, or changing hands in any way, to be paid for. Otaki Mondays, Manakau Tuesdays, Foxton Wednesdays, Oroua Downs Thursdays, Shannon Fridays, Levin and home Saturdays. For further particulars apply to Groom in charge, or to b H. HENSON, Proprietor, Manakau.