Page 4 Advertisements Column 1

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 7, 6 December 1883, Page 4

"'pECrAL. ANNOtTNCBMfcNT } 'mAXAWATU STAXtiARI}. AND G.»'Ntt.BMBN-»-4' ; ;, AvaMjae myseltiof thiß;r^crwd -column . foraflveriising m your five district, I do so wi h the desire to bring more prominently ■ befordyou / t»ian has befe'n clone hitherto, the ;j ma.py, special advantages yoo will secure m fayoTing me with, ycur esteemed prdera. It is my nrßt concern tha*- pariionlar mstrnctions are Riven to the asn.istauts m the . TarioU* departments to see that every. at w -; .tentionand faci'iit.y ara givei to frie> ds from : a. djapn.ee inniakiiiK their purchases, *cciag t . ' ihaPn's a rule their time is, .limited, to a fow hours m town. 7 ' . Should you find it inconvenient to visit •my establishment, at an£ time, yoar orders by letter will, when at all practicable, have : my personal' attention, or will be placed m ' khe ha'rids oi some responsible lepTeseatative for execution. •>- ' "' ' ' ; . " Tbe reputation of Victona House is firuily. established, mainly, throunh tbe,ufcr , :; remittinK a'/ention of the proprietor and 'hi^asiistants, 'who now 'for upwardh Qf £ '- qoartei l -df-ft-ceoinTy hft^givefn way to ndh^ ; Jia : their -effort to secure the best possible adyanteae tor the buy r, a shccess.wbibh be-j, ■ides being tbe gcand eecret .rf. th?s.pjerma--1 nence of the concern, is a guarantee, that ; jonrihterests will still' continue toibe the m->-.'«Bntite bf-all our oj eration*. ;• : ■■*> , My own «xperieuce,: cotobipeA;~W>th the ,MsUt'aiice pUome-of the beat buyers m the . : "home' ! and foreign markets, and also my ■ lftfee connection with all the be«t Ccjouiat tfowses, eive me ah advnntfrgß which few "ap 'attain m placing . before the public goods of the most recent Uusigns iti every " department, and at prices which will be found lower than can be quoted' By tha — sroirllerrcoflCßnw- m couotrj' towns whose operations are neces-arily „rtstnote.l. j The New Departure which 1 have takeq i: m curtailing the credit system, and tbe recognition .of übat.^oimderation *rbiohEftadV Moff=y shoiitldr always command, are -,t ftathww of aiberftl dealin>t! waio^ J. .am sure' Wiftoomoißnd.-.«7 to yU as the one deserving y6ur own hearty support, and worthy of recommendation to .yoar •frtena*;.'i- ■••■>■•■■■•! ■' t\" l ' : >'* "' The liberal terms on '.wiiofej we are now, doing business, are these— «e aijow a discouot of five percent, on 'ail sales o] ten ' shilling* and Upwards foV cnih^-and^ we 1 allow two- Btfd-a-^alf 'on 'prompt mohthly accounts • this* is equal to one .smiling off m, the pound m the. first and sixr-ence lMhe latter, all other accounts bein? nett. _ - " Being' well pasted up' bf i»y business azents In thenHpme: a,nd Ooonia; markets a* to tbe moßjt favourable qpf.ortunities which now and qgairi' occur of .buying ,up Nihole 'lines chear>, I very often secure suchjbarn A = '«ihs -as enable me to offer special induce^ . jnenls whi<h are larßcly taken advantage of ,m tbisj district, and whjcji are/w.elliWorth your consideration, jW I am sure v a,:treat;Bar. ing ckn often be effected which will more • tMhcdver the extra; mii way of road; expenses. . ■■•■••- '<■ . i . I have just been successful m purchasing at my owri terms, »h»t are kno,wn as Job *" iine^i^severVil depirtmenta 'of 'but laip . business which ore, ' iespeciaUy t» Ifareiilies studying economy, particalarliv interesting. These goods embrace snch useful lineis a" White and Grey" Calicoes, Sheetings, Skirtings, Tablirigs.'Hillanfa. Flnnnels, 1 Washing Prints Ginghams, Zippbyrs; Tweeds, fynce (lurtaius, aod-Cretons. Also th'p balance of about one hundred Girls' and,.ChVdren'a Cos» 'tum'e?, which are being sold at less than halfaH quite new'gdod.rthis'seaFon. From time to timei hope to be able through the medium .of this column; to, bring iuiider your notice any. special: inducements , which 1 Vhrougn ifuccessful, operations by my agems, !; I may be enablfed to place before yori . | is 1 Our Dress Department is replete with every , mnterial, shade', and fabricmott m voßue'tbis ' season, and I. have reserved special books from which I will be happy to cut patterns and forward with "prices on application} by 1 lebterdt otherwise, '■ ■•■'"• " : ' ; ' : J '• Our Millinery Dena tment hap long; maintained a well-deeerved pre-emitieuce, there being no question but we cau cope with'the i ;lße«fc houses m Ihe colony for taste, s yle, a^.d cheapness. Our Trimmed Bonnets range m price fcv>m 10a to -fiOs, and our an' rimmed*hats from 6d-to -9« jßd : any ; bonne t 3of last season', though qiite goorl shape* and m good condition are sold at lesa than half, price. . .. . 1 have opened np lately a really choice assortment of what is known m the trade as' «« fancv eoods " m all the latest novelties, consisting of Iftco goods, Collarettes, Indian Ainslin Ties, Buchings, Frilliugs Kibbonp, Bash Ribbons, Sunshades, Satinp. Moire AntiqneJ Oltoman Brbchft. . Foullards, and j Silks m ioral,. apvicotr crushe'l Strawberry. Electric Blue, and all the new and leading i /. Trades of the sea, on. ;;,■■;,!• ■i"• _• " *t would .invite .special attention to the Mantle Dnpartme'ntthis season. There h|»ve been a number of" offr' ren'Jy handpom^ Dol- ! i jnans; fiolfi in' this di-trict, whicli, TorVjyle and finish; are adraittc«i;to surpapeanyhing hitherto exhibited by any other locnl hoose, and are kept down. inj price as low as possible, ''ranging from 25s tfrl'OOs'in C/asbmrre.-Oito- - 1 man. Lace -and Broche Silk.iricbl^ trimmed, j Had b^aulifally ■■fl'uvsbed.. There «re m. the Hosiery; Department „ ninny; special Jinps tbis sc-|)?qn w : bich jvra 'much cheaper than.can l>e had elaewherei «8' '< ,■■.►! 'have 'itrfpbWcd v«=ry ' liirg'eiy from' the . !'/D'a:naf«ctatei'B,'°ifaa.<i' civibtr'/m^ custbmers „ . the full benefit of allialermediafe profits.. , .< , 'l -he several pepartments plrendy specified . are mairly of interest to tbe, Ladies, and 1 •?' ' would nbw specially ir.vitt the attention of V-. the Gentiem«rr to our Tailoring DeTjart- ; ment, M ' A." Oliver, Cutter aud Manager.; Tbjß department was established m 1874, r and ia= carried on upstairs under the nbe ■"* management of Mr Oliver, whose. experience n te : i: a*'Cut'tep "has done much tp nia^e fcis bianch of our large busm&s one'wlfic leading features of Victoria House. We empljoy , an.effi<aem> staff of ; jwork.i en^apd; as evejry gkrm'en^ i§ han^-made throughout, I can vouch for the superior finish, and durability ■vi.'of onr- Clothing. :u , "' i „ ! Ittis perhaps as well to> state'thafc I, do not compete, with those; people who ad- ertise to 'make up at as low prcea as for r«.adj ? «made clothing, where women only aTe employed, and who keep a stock of Twee Is suitable only for that ol»88 of trade . I import very largely' from the, ,be*% houses ; in the Homo arid poloniil markets, and have special lines eviHry season ot Wilson's Celebrated Bannockburn Tweeda. also Cheviot and West of . England fabrics, which cannot . be : got elsewhere." Every piece of t treed before being ■ ksafc- is" thoroughly shrunk, not witli a datnip cloth merely, but fioaked for ; hb|i*rs m water, tlius guarding against the inevitable miap'acement of garmenia ,wU|eh hava bech haUilJy'" damped " fcn'd dried with r i hot.i bi), • and ; commonly passed off as hiving bieb. B'irurilc. My representative visits, the various districts on the Coast every alternate month, and, cirries with him ft'fd'l range of patterns. „ .Mr.Jtumbold has also been thoroughly in--Btrucfc2<l by-Mr, Oliver m; tbe. art of takiug correct measurements, and hns be«ti mo*l successful m giving a perfect fit, afacUvhich' •- is • verjsr : satisfactorily snbst intiated by" our ; large aad increasing bnsin ss m this department. . . . • : • ■■ ; . '''■•; Mr Oliver is kept regnlarly suppled with • the. Tailor's 'G zette of F.iß'ion,,cqritaifiin|f plates and diagrams of all the I'alest styies and improvements'. ■ - \ He has also made the cutting andifitting of LADIES' KIDIMG HA.BITB a special stidyj and I may s if ely say that we can turn out any garment equal to that of the l>e-t West End houses m LbnHon, *he only difE- rftn'ce b ing thar we do it much cheaper I ' , Truslirig I may have commended to *your : Consideration the various departments of Victoria House m such a favorable aspect as will result m a rery marked i crease of bnsines3 jn your, large and prosperous district, •and assuring you of mv unremitting care and attention to your esteemed favors, either when you visit- Wanganui," or by letter, or through my representative, I remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, " , ; PETER J3ELL. PETER BELL, „ Imfiorter, Brnper, Outfitter, Tailor, Clotliier; ' arid Men v s Mercer, ' Victoria Avenue, adjoining^ the Bank of Now , Zealand, Wanganui.