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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1879, Page 4

We find self-made men very often, hut self-unmade ones a good deal oftener. The Whitehall Setieto hints that London ladies' maids make quite a good thing by lending mohey at 25 per cent, to their young ladies, when, as occasionally happens, the allowances of said young ladies are delayed. Wilder & Co., of Honolulu, who were ha . ing a new steamer bhilt at San Francisco, offered to give a free passage for one year to anyone who would gues3 her name. Three hundred guesses were sent in, and two were correct. Judging from the ignorance shown by the people of England, in many instances, of colonial geography, it need not be wondered at that functionaries of foreign Powers occasionally get astray. The other day a Sydney gentleman sent to a lady living at Lundenburg, near Vienna, to forward him a copy of a popular " Wedding March" It was duly ffrjpa'rded, but the Lundenburg postal authcVHes had no idea of the postage to Australia, and would only despatch it as far as Trieste. The packet, aJtter many adventures, at last came to hand, the charges on which were £2 . s— its postage from England would have been about Is 9d. Jobah in the whale's belly was safer than those who, being swallowed up of sickness and disease, yet neglect to take the only remedies that can save them. It is an indisputable fact that " Gholi__h»s Great Indian CUBES " are the surest restorers to health of any medicines ever yet discovered. Persons who had been ill with Rheumatics and Gout for over 20 years have been cured by these meritorious medicines. Sold by all Chemists — see testimonials.

T. R. Hoddeb & Co.'s AMUAL CLEARTO SALE. 4t/ll_i "I Ajl LADIES' Real HONITON ON SATURDAY! -*^*l ladies' Real Maltese Hf\ MEN'S HARVARD SHIRTS ij^f^?? 3 * iV eeducbd Beduced from 8/6, 7/6, and 5/9, (o frdm 9_, 7s 6d, and 6s 6d, to IS. and 2S. 6d. 4b. lid. 2s. Ud TOO PAIES B ° YS ' PRIWTED Th ° balance of our LADIES' •** VVy MOLE rrjRIMMED FELT & STRAW TROUSERS * xo „_ .__-__»._ m - REDUCED FRO__: p G -|-| ■■ 7s. to 3s. lid.! — — ™lU"l 9&0 PAIRS Chi^ren'e Cloth and ***J\J Lisle Thread RETURNED ON § L gS Y! TO OUR CUSTOMERS ! oo ft pairs ladiesFRENCH KID 4s. on all purchases of £1 v , c r iancy Stitched Backs, 1 or 2 Buttons, 10s. „ „ £2 io Reduced to 1/11. 20s - » » £5 QQ A YARDS TWILLL BLANKET SHEETING Rf\ MEN'S FELT 12jd. Tfr'^TH PAIRS MAIDS' PATENT REDUCED FROM LEATHER LACE 7b_ 6d to 3s. 6d. BOOTS ON SATURDAY Reduced from 7/6 to One Shilling! — 3s^6d^ 250 loo p BiLumir' m^ mel Men's Silk Scarfs rjAAmQ REDUCED from 4s 6 J and 3s 6d to , n , _0 cn -t-i . REDUCED from 12/6 to One Shilling. 7s. 6d. „., Geelong Tweed ka pairs men^s^llbtic Trousers and Vests & Leather Lace " up .300PAIR8 I BOOTS MADE TO OUR SPECIAL ORDER REDUCED from 20/6 to Beduced to 225, 10s. 6d. T. R. Hodder On Satukd ay, and Co., t. r. hodder & co:s BICHMOND SPRING GROVE, AND MOUTERE. STORES.