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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1881, Page 4

" Vanity Fair" says that England is being rapidly reduced to a fortress in the ocean, without self supporting; food power3.~ Colonel I , of tbe United Service Club hai won the Derby sweep there three times in the last five years, and this year he won the Oaks sweep also. This is not all; there being a second sweep tbia year, owing to the large number of Bubicribers, Colonel I, who, had drawn Peregrine ia the first, sold hig chance for thirty pounds, and took another number in the second. This time he drew Iroquois ! At a Borough election in Roxburgh the^ other day the large number of 15 votes was recorded, one candidate receiving 10 and the: other 5. To conclude the farce the defeated! candidate inserted an advertisement in the local paper thanking the ratepayers who; voted for him, and stating that had he known* some of his friends were pledged to the other candidate before the nomination took place he would not have put the ratepayers: to the trouble of voting.

SEED POTATOES. W— fh NE 8 • has FOR SALS some very Choice ! EARLY WHITE AND TRUE BROWN KIVER POTATOES FOR SEED. Alao, : GOOD EA.TING POTATOES, SWEDES, CARROTS, & ONIONS. W. J 0 N E S, 2897 Haven Road.

Money we want and Money we must have ! I- c N consequence of the dull times and tho scarcity of sugar (which we are in want of at present), as an inducement to our friends and the public to leave some at the LEATHER PALACE, We have determined to OFFER THE WHOLE OF OUR PRESENT STOCK at COST PRICE I For a FEW WEEKS for CASH ! Ifc iB needless to enumerate Prices to a a discerning Public, as they will have an opportunity of inspecting Our Goodg and comparing Prices. HEALY~and SON, BRIDGE STREET. Local Industry !— Stonewalling— BOOTS! BOOTS! W~~ " and J. STAPLES, Wholesale and Retail BOOT and # r SHOE Manufacturers. Wellington, and BRIDGESTREET, NELSON. In returning thanks to our numerous friends and customers for the very liberul support accorded to us during our brief period of business in Nelson, we wi*h to intimate that finding the demand for really good articles much larger than we anticipated, we have determined to manufacture and sell NONE BUT FIRST-CLASS GOODS, which we are now selling at prices that cannot be beaten anywhere. We do not quote prices, as worthless Boots and Shoes can be made at almost any price ; and as we have no old or shop- worn goods, customers may rely upon getting none but sound and ireEh articles, we repectfully solict all Shoe buyers to call and inspect our goods, ana compare prices and quality. W. &J. S. have shortly to arrive from Eng- / cr?J?Po nd 7 aried assortment of and Children's SUMMER BOOTS and bIIOJiS, which will be in time for the Season, and of which due notice , be|u ( y e "\ N-B—AJI- kinds of Repairing done on the premises. Storej dealers will imd it to tku «dvuui..ge tc g-.rt up at this EstabMntfut-