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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1581, 14 December 1885, Page 4

Excelsior Paper-hanging- Warehouse. It. & E^TINGEY, Importers of Ilnme Painters 1 , Decorators', fr Artists' Materials, VICTORrA AVENUE, WANGANUI, & PALMEUBTON NORTH, Have just received and are opening up a splendid assortment of PAPEBHANGINGS m the latest designs, comprising Drawing-room, Bed-room, Sitting-room, Parlour, etc., etc. 50,000 Pieces from 4d to 7s Gd per piece. I A large and varied stock of Beautiful Designs m Dadoes, Borders, and I Centres, Plain Tinted Papers, Designs for Pire and Room Screens. Picture Frames and Ceiling £5 4r. Mouldings — Just received, a • large shipment direct from the »eH . 2 manufacturers, from Id per foot. w h Scrii-> and Hessian— Large ship- £4 ffi • q meht just to hand ; prices very w ~ low ; write for samples and prices. » O W Ss Window Glass— A large stock of > g H all sizes kept; any size cut and *• h *"^ g fc; p^ Carefully packed. * C— ( i--- P Ornaniviital and Coloured Gla r s h § — A large stock of Ornamental and - ■ * M 5) '• O ■ Coloured Glass kept iii-s.tock, and «1 L»< oo •'&s 5^ H cut to any size or shape and care- f^ fu.Jly packed. g % ■ § Mirror, Plate, or Looking Glass S &! — Just received, a large stock, cut t< ►> PP to suit toilet and peer glasses, and ' (^ o 3 side-boards. (^ C^, We beg to call the attention of Builders, Storekeepers, and the general public to the fact that being direct importers we can sell as cheap as any house m New Zealand. All country orders will receive our best attention. [ ■ E. & E. TINGEY, Wanganui and Palmerston North.

T6 Stand this Season and travel the Rangifcike,i am] Mannwatu Districts, : THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE Uiomecles. DIOMEDES is by Totara, oat of Plover, l>y Sir Hercules. Totara is by old Diomedu-s, out of Wiiimea,tiy Sir Hercules, out of Flora Me Ivor, by Emigrant. Old diomedes by Hesperus, out of Diomedie by Weatherbit. Old Diomedes was tlie sire of Kapapo, Malvina. licnnoiny, and Par&whsnua. W/iimea, the dam of Manuka, Papapa, Puriai, and Wajoni, all ot whom have won several important races on the turf. Plover, by Sir Hercules ; Plover, the dam of Malvina, Hercules, Dan O'Connell, and other fiist horses. Totara, the sire of Longlands, winner of the Great Autumn Handicap, April, 1878, and 1879 ; also Volunteer, second m the Champagne Stakes, avid ran a dead heat with Muta for Queen's Plate iv Dunedin, and won the Timaru Maiden Plate, 1£ miles, m 2m. 45£5., and Flying Stakes, J mile, m Int. 17^-s., at the Wellington Jockey Club Meeting, 1880 ; also Merlin, winner ' of the Spring Handicap at Wanganui ; ulso Totara, vvinn- r of the. Rnngitikei Hunt Club Steeplechase, Waverley Handicap Hurdle Rao, and Manawatu Handicap Hurdles at Palintrston Diomedes himself is tha winner of the Wanganui Welter Weight-forage Hurdle Race, beating Reform, New Year, Dhudeen, Parnell, and Christmas ; won the Turakina Handicap [Lird)?s, boating a large field ; and ran a good third for the Wanganui Grand National Steeplechase, carrying 12«t 71bs., giving the winner, Ruahiuc, Ist sU*h., nd the second horse, Dhudeen, 2st 511>5., thereby ahowiug that he is a weight carrier, and has exceptionally good staying power. Diomedes was awarded first prize at the Wanganni A. and P. Association's Show as a sire best calculated to improve the breed of saddle horses. Diomedes is a rich bay with black points, standing 16£ hands high, with immense bone and muscle, good action, is. 7 years old, and is considered to be one of the best cross-couotry horses m New Zealand. . ' : Diomedes will travel as under : Monday B—Ashurst,8 — Ashurst, via Ashurot road. Tuesdays— i-A'shurst to Palmerston. Wednesdays— Pahnerston to Sandou. Thursdays — Bulls and Lower Rangitikei. Fridays— Halcombe. Saturdays — Makiuo-road to Feilding. Terms — Single Mare, £3 10s ; two or more, the bona fide property of one owner, £'3 each. By P.N. on first service, payable Ist January, 1886. Apply to the owner, A. HANNETT. Feilding. CELEBRATED AMERICAN TROT- "*• TING STALLION. , .The . Celebrated American Trotting Stallion, BUI Elm, WILL be at the service of breeders iv Kaugitikei and Manawatu this season as under : — Miirton. calling at Bulls, every Saturday ; at PalmersUm, every Tuesday afternoon anil Wednesday fore- - noon, going through Sandoii and Awnhuri ; the remainder of the week at Pukehoe, where good paddocks will be provided free for one month, after which period a charge of 2s per week will be made. Every care taken but no responsibility. Terms (to suit the times) — Single mares, £3 ; two or three mares, .C 2 10s each ; four or more mares, as per agreement with the owner. All fees must be paid by the Ist February, ISS(i. DONALD FRASER, Proprietor, Pukehoc, Lower Rahgitikei. TO TRAVEL |TH IS SEASON THROJJOHOUT THE OROUA, MANAWATU, & RANGITIKEI COUNT'iES. The Splendid Pony Entire Prince Albert. Prince Albert is by the celebrated s.fre Tom Thumb. Prince Albert will travel nn follows ;— Mondays, Feiliting ; Tuesdays, Ashurst, Stoney Creek, and Palmerstou, Wednesdays, Awahuri aatl Samlou ; Thursdays, Bulls and Martou ; the remainder of the wfek at Halcombe. Terms. — Singlj .care, £1 10s ; guarantee, £2 R. NEILSEN, Owner, Haleoaibe*