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Drapery. TTICT 0 R I A (Opposite the Bank of New Zealand), I LAMBTON-QUAY & WILLIS-STREET! j. Mcdowell & co. beg to info customers and tbe public generally that they have just completed large alterations to their premises, .which affords them a very - larg? extent of room throughout their establishment generally, and also the additional space of a gallery'; over the drapery, departments' and a gallery over the clothing and outfitting departments. In making these extensive alterations they have been able to carry out a double purr pose, namely, to give .'. ;, . ,< j EXTENDED SHOP AND WAREHOUSE ;, 'accommodation, '. And at the same time so arrange their new shop lights that tbe most delicate colorings can be selected independent of ordinary weather changes, their new lights being most complete in that respect. j. Mcdowell and co. Have therefore very great pleasure in calling , attention to their ..,-,... SUMMER SHIPMENTS, The whole of which have just been opened up during and since the completion of the alterations, as underneath :—Ex ship Eodney, ex ship Haleione, ex ship Kinfauns Castle, ex ship Border Chief, ex Mail Steamer. In addition .to the above, we have received by the ships Howrah, St.' Leonards, and s.s. Great Britain, all of which'''have arrived, a second series of shipments, consisting of up : wards of one hundred packages of very choice and carefully selected goods . . j SUITABLE FOR THE APPROACHING 1 ". HOLIDAY SEASON, ' So that we offer a larger and more complete stock in, every department than we have ever exhibited during any previous season. We would, therefore, ask our customers, heads of families, settlers, and visitors to Wellington to inspect our Btock before making their season's .purchases,, as iour stock is admittedly the largest in the province, and oiir study is to .supply goods of the most modern description AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES ' ' OP PROFIT. Ourpurchases being in a great measure direct from the manufacturers, avoiding intermediate charges, and being under the supervision of a buyer of large'and recent New Zealand experience, places us in possession of goods of the most modern description, and of good and durable quality at prices that must. prove satisfactory to the purchaser. ','"'.' j. Mcdowell & co., IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE AND ; ,:■.'...■ RETAIL DRAPERS,.. \, ~•.■">. j ■ Lambton-qway/and Wikus-stkeet, ■ ■ , .. Wellington, (Opposite the Bank of New Zealand). The following are among the many items of OUR IMPORTS FOR THIS SEASON'S To which we'■■wish to direct the attention of our customers, assuring them of our best attention to all postal communications and orders either for patterns or otherwise : MILLINERY, MANTLES, AND UNDERCLOTHING— ■French millinery,bonnets, English millinery, bonnets,.ladies' trimmed hats, girls' trimmed ;hats,, feathers, plumes, and flowers, Hamburg netting polonaises, silk polonaises, lace polonaises, Cashmere polonaises, cashmere capes and jackets, sum ? roer shawls, lace capes, ladies' stays, children's stays, ladies' underclothing, children's,dresses, children's underclothing, children's, hoods and hats, hat and bonnet ■' ■ ! ' ■ DRESS DEPARTMENT— Silk warp lustres, summer lustrines, Japanese silks, linen tassores, marsallas, new striped camlets,. French poplin laines, , : .colored batistes, Hamburg cloths, white batistes, fancy batistes, Jupon striped piques, grenadines, bareges, .British and Frenou muslins, British and French prints, summer alpacas, summer check winceys, China silks, hollands, alpaca cos-; tumes, poplinette costumes, marsella braided: , costumes, , batiste costumes, delaine costumes, tassore linen costumes, grenadine costumes, Hamburg cloth costumes, Holland costumes, figured lustre costumes, French mohair costumes, French print costumes, Hoyle's print costumes, morning wrapper costumes, glacie lustre ~.. costumes. FANCY DEPARTMENT— ! Real lace sets, linen sets, ruffle sets, striped' summer sets, linen tassore sets, •'■'. linen cuffs and collars, embroidered sets, thread gloves, Berlin gloves, silk gloves^ Lisle gloves, rufilings, ruffles, chemisettes, '■' sleeves, parachutes, Hamburg nettings,! ;/ gossamers, Hamburg laces, hair nets, Bash, ribbons, hair plaits, beltings, hair rolls, ■'■'• - belts,' hair oils, fancy ribbons, perfumery; ■■'■'■' (assorted), fans, albums, crimped frills,]etj ■ ; "T chains, locket's, jet goods, trimmings,-back: combs, circular combs, lace falls, frilled falls lace handkerchiefs, kid gloves, yack ; • ■ ■ • laces, Elizabethianmfflings, Cluny laces,: crepe leiso, Valenciennes laces,'Vales-! ■■■■ ciennes rufflingb, Maltese lace, frilled; cuffs, Duchess laces, frilled collars, Arnold's frillings, frilled sets, cotton hosiery, mourning frillings, merino hosiery, ■ spun 'hosiery, lace hosiery, silk hosiery, -lawn handkerchiefs, pa-™ 1 - ■>" parasols, umbrellas. MANCHESTER a AND FURNISHING DEPARTMENTS—- '•".' Finlay's plain and twilled sheetings, * ; Cfewdson's calicoes, wet wove calicoes, i; Horrox longcloths. New Zealand shirting, ' Finlay's window hollands, damasks, '' damask cloths, diapers, liner- '*■-—'-• quilts, toilet covers, anumacaaaoi and damasks,, billiard cloths, velvet pile cloths, cocoa matting, cocoa r™t.« rim»=. ly's tapestry carpets, felt ca squares, floor cloths (various widths), ■ flannels, blankets, window curtains, window reps window muslins, curtain holders, 4x48x4, grey calicoes, oil baize, wool baize, American leathers, &c, &c, &c. CORNER OF LAMBTON-QUAY AND WILLIS-STREET, ;•' (Opposite the Bank of New Zealand). I. j. Mcdowell & co.

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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4590, 6 December 1875, Page 1

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Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4590, 6 December 1875, Page 1

Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4590, 6 December 1875, Page 1

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