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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 335, 21 May 1877, Page 3

The following note, picked up in the street at Hokitika recently, is a manly exposition ol what narrowly escaped being :i ;rriev;m* wrong:—"Dear Jane, I hope yoi.-ain't mftd because I dkl't larff at you ; y-'U lati't at me last evening at the post f.tfts. J ain't prowd, but I have got a bile under my arm, and I can't la A' as I used t<», as Heaven is my judge. —Yours ruly, Hen'lU." Yalce for Money.—As a rule, nineteen people out of every twenty believe in getting value for their money, and as a reminder to those who are about to furnish their houses, replenish their wardrobes, or invest in a sewing machine—for adornment, convenience, or comfort, they should go, or send, to J. H. Milligan's Waitaki House, Thames-street, Oamaru, where they will find the above adage carried out. —J. H. Milligan, Milliner, Draper, Tailor, and Boot and Shoe Importer.— [Advt.] Gentlemen's Ready-Made Colonial Clothing.—Hood and Shennan, corner of Tees and Itchen streets, Oamaru, have the largest stock of Gentlemen's Colonial Clothing in the north of Otago, and unsurpassed for cheapness and durability. Working men and others will find this a safe and reliable establishment to make their purchases. Every article of genuine quality, and their stock is free of all goods of a doubtful or jobbish character. One price asked.— [Advt.] Ocr New Zealand Industries.—Messrs. Hallenstein Bros., manufacturers and wholesale warehousemen, of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, following the example of some of the large manufacturers at Home, and more especially with a view of preventing the importation of English clothing, are opening extensive retail establishments in the large centres of population. For this purpose they have lately fitted up commodious premises in Messrs. Shrimski and Moss' buildings, Thames-street, where the sale of their manufactures will be thrown open direct to the public of Oamaru. This braneh, which will be opened on Saturday April 7, will be under the immediate manage ment of Mr. R. C. Lindsay, and under the personal supervision of Mr. B. Hallenstein, the head of the New Zealand firm. Messrs. Hallenstein Bros., under the management of Mr. Anderson, started the New Zealand Clothing Factory about three years ago. They commenced on a comparatively small scale, but at present they employ between 300 and 400 people. They had to overcome many difficulties, and much prejudice, and especially the persistent opposition on the part of the larger houses, glutting this market with imported goods, and no doubt the retailers found it to their advantage to push these in preference to local manufactures. The proprietors of the New Zealand Clothing Factory have therefore judiciously decided to introduce their manufactures direct to the large consuming population of New Zealand, and in order to do so effectually, they have determined to sfell a single garment at the wholesale price. selling price is to be marked in plain figures on every article, from which no abatement will be made. The business is to e *be conducted strictly on the cash principle, and all goods must be paid for on delivery, but any article not found suitable may be exchang«H 'or the money