INTERESTING ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 17, 13 February 1909, Page 5

INTERESTING ITEMS.

Messrs Holmes Bros., of I'remii, have sold their general store business lo a Canlerliiirv investor.

On Mon'din. the 15th Februarv. a! the Technical School. Mr. Ilnrbuti. A.K.C.A., London, will give a practical dcnnm-tra-lion on the u-c „f phisti.-i.ie as an aid 1.. manual t mining. The addle- will be illustrated by niinieioii- laii.cni slides. The public are cordially invited.

Ladies of New Plymouth and district are directed to the notice appearing in our advertisement column- from Mis, Cliarteris, toilel specialist. Miss (Innteris has hail a wide .•xpcrie-.uv in Sydney and Auckland, and lias taken mums in' Messrs. E. Clilliths and Co.'s buildings. Egmout Street, where she may he consulted between the hours of 11 and 0. I

Turaiiaki at the present lime is probably the ■ most prosperous province ill the Domiuiull. Commercial cruvollers and others best qualified to judge, say that business is better and sounder in j this district. With the completion „i ; the harbour in sight, Xew Plymouth, as the capital of this favoured and the only reliable port between Auckland and Wellington, i- bound to grow considerably faster than in the pas|. If, on the top of all this. we should -Hike a good oil well at Moturua, we hardly like to s-.iggc-t what land will be worth in the I'ilzioy suburb. Anyway, leaving oil out of the question, the choice sections in ShiiUlewoi'th's estate, to be sold by auction on the 17th by 1.. A. Xolan'and Co., must be worth considerably more in a year or two than the price paid. A grand sale of work in aid of flic. pvinnasiuni and Western Park hinds is to be held at the East End (iyiiinnsiiini Hall on Thursday next. Amongst others will be fancy and plain linen, produce, lollie and refreshments stalls. A good musical programme is being arranged. Mi's. C. A. Kmickey. formerly in busi-.

aess at I'itzrov. iiu.i well known in I this district, has opened up a general grocery store in premise- next the .News) Olliee, Clinic Street. In addition to groceries, stocks of fruit and vegetables arc! on baud. .Mi'-. Kniickcy has also opened a registry olliee. ami will be pleased to niec.l person.- requiring positions or wanting servants. A.i advertisement appears elsewhere in this issue. The -itli Wellington Mattalion and the

Hand will attend M-nire ill Whitcley Chinvli mi Sunday morning, when a wrvici' In tin' nii-iin'iv (if lln' victim- of tin. White Cliffs ma-sa.-rr will If hold. In flicc ,liiv> »f -triugeiicy of ra-li |l„. careful shopper makes every l>«»-«'I ~,,1,. ,l„ full iliity. Mc-si-. Amlnirv |',ro- diapers and clothiers, ar,' calcr- ■„,., for «-n-1..m.-i-- who ii.,|iiiv.. g„o,i *a--1,,',.. Til every department •>< tln'lv Mir o-tal'lisl lit J.''I"'* 1 "'* ledllcl'oll. l,av,. th.V order V,f"the iTnv. Our readers am directed to tlic replace advcriisiiicnl oil ■|in«o 1 giviiijs further particulars. - Aifvt. , , , AVliitu anil Son, report tin- large?* sal,-, tins season Unit they have yet had for their special rick canvas. A lew pieces are .slill left. price' Is 111 per yard, width lift. To those fanners at a distance from a g»«d M.pply of thajcl • canvas will prove niueli moi- economical, as well as handier., to use. -A'lvl.