MAGISTRATES' COURT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 346, 2 June 1877, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURT.

THIS DAY. f,l (Before T. W. Paukkr, Esq., U.M.) jj ALLEGED LARCENY. J John Madden was charged with haifij on the 12th May last, feloniously stl from one John Brown a pocket-book I taining four L2O-notes, ten LlO-nfl and two L5-notes, ail on the Bank of W Zealand ; a Ll-note (bank unknown) ;H photographs of females ; and two or« on James Finch, farmer, Hampden-I for LIOO and one for LBo—all the J| perty of the said John Brown. Jj Prisoner pleaded that he knew notlii at all about it, and he would bring m nesses to prove that. On the application of Sub-Inspec Smith, prisoner was remanded until M day, 4th inst. CIVIL CASE. Alice Purnell v. J. Craig—Claim for three weeks' wages. Mr. O'Meagl appeared for the defendant. During I plaintiff's cross-examination she saidf had not signed a receipt for the payme of the money now claimed, which recei was produced. Mr. O'Meaghcr call several witnesses to prove that the plai tiff had signed the receipt produced, a that she was intoxicated at the time. T case was dismissed, Mr. O'Meagher aski his Worship to have steps taken for t prosecution of plaintiff for perjury, sayii that this was one of the clearest cases false swearing he had ever known.

It says something for the Mosgiel Woollen Factory -when a window in one of the leading warehouses in the chief city in New Zealand can be decked out completely with its manufactures That such can be done in a way that can challenge the attention and command the admiration "f customers has been demonstrated by Brown, Ewing, and Co., of Dunedin. They have decorated one of their fine plate-glass front 3 in Princes-street, exclusively with Mosgiel fabrics in a way that demands something more than a passing notice. A more charming or inviting picture of all that c;m contribute to individual comfort daring the winter season has rarely or never been presented to the public gaz \ The foreground is filled with tweeds suitable for male attire of the latest and most fashionable patterns, while rising immediately behind are pieces of elegant woollen tartans intended for female costume*, as free from loudness in color as they are chaste in design and comfortable in appearance. Above these again are tiers of blankets, white as driven snow, soft as swandown, and lustrous as silk —blankets, in fact, that are not to be surpassed either in purity of color or quality by anything even mported from the old-esta-blished manufactories of England. Over the blankets and ascending to the ceiling are a fine collection of white and colored worsteds. The sides of the window are draped with hosiery, Crimean shirts, and other articles made up on the premises from the products of the Factory. If we are not mistaken, this is the first time in the Colony that the window of a leading retail warehouse has been decorated exclusively with an assortment of Colonial woollen manufactures, and the exhibition is certainly one that doe 3 infinite credit to the way in which this important branch of Colonial industry is being developed.—[Advt.] 22

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.l

Oitr 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 branch, which will be opened on Saturday, April 7, will be under the immediate management of Mr. R. C. Lindsay, and under the personal supervision of Mr. B. Halleustein, the head of the New Zealand firm. Messrs. Hallenstein Bros., tinder 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 tc. do so effectually, they have determined to sell a single garment at the wholesale price. The selling price is to be marked in plain figures on every article, from which no abatement will be made. The business is to be conducted strictly on the cash principle, and all goods must be paid for on delivery, but any article not found suitable may be exchanged, or the money returned. As will be seen from the garments exhibited, the public will now be able to choose from the largest stock of men's, youths', and boys' clothing, superior in style and quality, and at a proportionately 1 >wer price to anything that can be imported. But, irrespective of all these advantages, it is to the interest of everyone to support an industry which employs Hew Zealand labor, and is a direct benefit to the butcher, baker, farmer, mechanic, shopkeeper, merchant, and to everyone in the community.—[Advt.]