INTERESTING ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8159, 18 July 1906, Page 2

INTERESTING ITEMS.

In to-day's issue " K" baking powder is brought before the notice of Taranaki people. This powder is gaining ground in popular esteem, and can be highly recommended, It's an all-important matter nowadays to be "on time." If your watch or clock is sold by an unreliable man, repaired by such, there's a big chance you'll lose your 'bus. You can safely trust to any article from Grenier's j he is reliable.

There are brisk bargains for shrewd shoppers at Ambury Bros', big stocktaking sale of drapery, clothing, and millinery. The biggest snips, of course, are for those who call early. Tho prices show startling reductions.

The housewife who has laid aside a pound or two, or a few shillings, to spend this week in drapery, wjll not go far amiss on a visit to Bentley's sale, in Devon street central.

A seasonable suggestion is that at the head of Mr W. T. Hookham's advertisement. " Look out for squalls," he says. Most of us have been that way lately, but the man who wears one of Hookham's raincoats can defy squalls don't cost much, and there's' a poyer of quality and warmth in them.

Taranaki folk on a visit to Auckland will be well satisfied if they stay at Kidd's O'ommercfaJ Hotel ( in Shortland street, The house is up-tOrdate m every particular, and is really a hotel that can b; safely recommended. The guests' apartments are removed from the bar, and the hotel is as much like a home as a hotel can be.

If you havo hitherto been without a " down " quilt, on account of- the cost, how about it now P They are soiling at 12s fid for large sizes at Morey'a big sale Every other line of drapery has had its selling price cut down considerably. Another Now Plymouth boy is launching out on his own. In another part of this issue Mr "Wharton Humphries announces that he has commenced business as a sharebroker. Haying reliable agents established in different partj of the colony, Mr Humphries can facilitate* sale?,' transfers, etc. '" "'