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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4225, 5 October 1874, Page 1

Drapery. EATIFYIN a INTELLIGENCE. Amidst .all the changes and improvements we have to chronicle from we6k to week, none . can be .more .beneficial" to the City than to'see old buildings, like "the memory of the past, fleeting away, and, Phoenix-like, of their ashes NEW AND STATELY PLACES OP BUSINESS springing up in their stead. To our town and country customers, H. 0 W EN and CO., . National Drapery Depot, Lambton Quay, Embrace the earliest opportunity of returning then- sincere THANKS for the Unprecedented Increase to their General Business for the last few months, and they can only view such an increase as a ;; • TEST "OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, in spite of those sensational announcements I which from time to time, appear in the daily I papers from rival establishments, who quote a few prices in order as a bait held out to allure the unwary. H. O WEN and CO., Lambton Quay, May urge as an ample reason, that the present IMMENSE REDUCTION IN PRICE is caused by an Urgent Necessity fob Diminishing} the Stock, "in order that the workmen engaged in the NEW BUILDING may not be retarded in their worV, as a portion of the front buildings must be removed in fourteen days from this date..'.■ Under these circumstances, H. OWEN and CO. are determined to give Their Town and Country Customers the benefit of their GREAT CLEARING PRICES, as a Graceful Compliment for Past Favors. Annexed are a few quotations of the GREAT BARGAINS ! No. 1 L0t.—595 Fancy Dressses, at 6s. lid. the dress ; former price, 12s. „ 2 „ 2049 yards French Merino at ls.5d., worth 2s. 6d. „ 3 „ 2890 yards Colored Tasso at 9Jd.; former price, 13d. „ 4 „ 5040 j ards Colored Ribbons at IOJd. ; former price, Is. 9d. „ 5 „ 40 pieces White Flannel at llfd. ; former price, Is. 4d. „ 6 „ 28 pieces Scarlet Flannel at 14d. ; former price, 18Jd. „ 7 „ 14J dozen Trimmed Bonnets at 4s. 6d. ; former price, 15s. P.S.—A lot of SOILED BLANKETS to be SOLD AT A SACRIFICE! 180 dozen Men's COTTON SOCKS at 3Jd. per pair ; worth Is. HY. OWEN and CO. Art Unions, &.$• V RAN SIT OF VENUS. Apply at R. W. I. CARVER'S, Opposite Bank of New Zealand. TO COME OFF WITHOUT-DEL AY, AN ART UNI ON, One hundred and fifty members at a Guinea. I,—Collard and Collard piano, 7 octaves, 75 ■ guineas. 2.—Astronomical telescCpe, 3Jin. object glass, by Troughton and Simms, 50 guineas. 3.—Three oil paintings, copies after Rembrandt, 25 guineas. The fortunate winner of the piano will possess one of Collard's gems. The lucky winner of the telescope c dulge in the aerial delight of obse: wonders of the many celest: e solid pleasures of terrest I j. he drawer of the paintings ™» j three faithful copies on canvass of Rembrandt's sing style, well frai " ■«•■■>■ rlv for shares. :M P O R T JAMES BERGER'S ART UNION, 1874. By desire, there has been included in the list of prizes in this Art Union, A MAGNIFICENT UPRIGHT GRAND PIANOFORTE, by Collard and Collard, trichord throughout ; value 85 guineas. There are also 299 other valuable prizes, amongst which are a capital English Harmonium, Cabinets of Games, a few choice Pictures in frames, and a number of elegant and useful articles and fancy goods of all descriptions. - -■ The number of subscribers has been increased to 300 at One Guinea. ALL PRIZES AND NO BLANKS. The whole now on view. JAMES BERGER, Lambton Quay. 'SIXTEEN LARGE WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS, -Framed •and"glazed, from original sketches of the Hot Springs, Lakes Rotomahana ai Taupo, Mount Cook, the Glaciers, &c, by t Hon. William Fox, M.H.R. 100 TICKETS, £1 EACH. The proceeds to be devoted to the Temperance Hall Bazaar Fund. Tickets may be obtained from Mr. F. H. Fraser, Manners Street, and at Mr. E. Anderson's Store, Willis Street, where the Drawings 5 His Excellency * • Governor. , I N D..U S T BY. u .' E. LIARDET, TAXIDERMIST AND FURRIER, Opposite the New Zealand Times Office, Willis Street. H. E. LIARDET has the honor to announce to the ladies of Wellington that he has now ready for the- ensuing winter a large;stock of MUFFS, : TIPPETS, CUFFS, &c, made of the skins'of the choicest'New Zealand sea birds. Every description of Furs Cleaned and Repaired, and made up into Tippets, Muffs, &c.