DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. EEFERHISG to the above Dissolution ot Partnership op S. M. SOLOMON and CO., the Inhabitants of Nelson and the Surrounding Districts are respectfully informed that the Business -will be Carried on as Usual by S. M. S OLOMON ' Who, in tendering his sincere thanks for past favors, solicits a further continuance of their patronage. S. M. S,, wishes to inform the Public in general ■ that he has RE-MARKED The Whole op his Choice and Varied Stock op CLOTHING AND D R APERY AT COST PRICE. The following List will give an idea of the GREAT BARGAINS OFFERED! — Mens' Tweed Trowsers from 9/11 „ „ Coats , 14/11 „ Best Colonial made Tweed Trowsers and Vest 30/- --, ,-. 17/6 „ „ Colonial-made Suits 35/Boys' Geelong Tweed Trowsers 7/1 1 „ Black Cloth Trowsers 5/6 Mens' Assorted Vests 4/11 Crimean Shirts, Under-Flannels, Drawers, Ties, Collars, Comforters,and other Goods, EQUALLY CHEAP. COME AND SEE AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES. o S. M. S. has mrch pleasure in informing his Customers tbat he also intends to carry oa the Drapert Branch op the Business, and has the following Goods, which he offers at the undermentioned prices : — Horrock's Superior Long Cloth from 6d. per yd. 72-inch Superior Grey Sheeting „ ... 1/3 Single "Widths „ „ „ ... 4fd. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S UNDER-CLOTHING VERY CHEAP. ■ ALSO, DRESS STUFF PRINTS, and a VARIETY of OTHER GOODS too Numerous to Particularise. ■S.M.^ ToMON ' Z. . '. TRAFALGAR STREET. 1645 MUSICAL AND MECHANICAL. IyTR. - ALFRED AAKET, TEACHER OP the ORGAN, PIANOFORTE, HARMONIUM, . CORNET, AND SINGING. Late Pianist to her Grace the Duchess of Inverness, a-?d Performer at tbe Soirees given by the Marchioness of Londonderry, and the most distinguished of the Nobility and Gentry of England. CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER ro a B.;Dd of forty talented Instrumentalists in Melbourne for Thirty Concerts ; also Leader of a Brass Band of ten performers for several years in the same colony. Formerly ORGANIST at St. Mark's Church, Collingwood, Melbourne. ■• MUSIC COMPOSED & ARRANGED for all Orchestral Instruments, from Violino Primo, to Grosse Caisse. Compositions Corrected for the Press. The use of the EXPRESSION STOP taught in One Lecson, the. Mechanism of this and the Percussion Action being illustrated by a dissected Harmonium of ten stops. TUNING. Pianofortes, Organs, and Harmoniums Tuned, rot by the old Stanhope method, but on the principle of Equal Temperamert (as adopted by Erard, Broadwood, and Collard), the intervals being divided according to the number oi vibrations, as indicated by the Sirene, and the apparatus of M. Savart. ME C Wk N IC A L. Mr. Oaket, Inventor of, and Performer on, the "Orchestrina," begs to state that, in London, he underwent a thorough training with his father (who held one of the highest positions at Messrs. Collard and Collard's) in the art of covering, hammers, making the small work, and :' finishing arid regulating Pianofortes. .In . the, course of a long practice in Tuning, &c, he has studied all the makers' various mechanisms, there being upwards of thirty different actions. In order to effect repairs on the: most reasonable terms, Mr. Oaket, has erected a Workshop, and purchased all the most recent inventions in Tools, including a Lathe, Drilling, Boring, and Morticing Machines. He can, therefore, confidently say that he now possesses by far the largest set of Musical Tools,, and Pianofortemaking Machinery in New Zealand. In addition, he has in stock varieties of Felt for' hammer' covering (this he can effect at. English prices) ; Leathers and Cloths for Actions, Dampers, Hoppers, Levers, and various parts of Pianoforte mechanism; Smith's Patent Piano Wire; Harmonium Reeds ; and all the requisites for the repairs of Organs, Harmoniums, Concertinas, Flutinas, Organ Accordions; also for Euterpeons, and every kind of self-acting instrument. Mr. Oakey respectfully invites inspection of his Workshop at any tjmß,, feeling confident that he can render a good old Pianoforte almost ,e,gual to new, and effect Repairs, &c.,, cheaper, and infinitely better, than any peripatetic Tuner. ALFRED~OA.KEY. Bridge-street, four doors firom M'Gee's Hotel.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 241, 11 October 1871, Page 4
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