BUSINESS NOTICES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 8 January 1914, Page 8

BUSINESS NOTICES.

Housewives in need of tablecloths, curtains, drapery, etc., .should postpone their requirements for a few days, 'i'l.ey will then have an opportunity of inspecting, an.i also buying, if they wish, any article they require in the drapery liae from the stock in the assigned esUii; oi ii. i.aiM-rt and t'o., of Devon Street. This stock was recently purchased by Mr J. S. Fox, Okuto, and everything must be sold regardless of cost, and the public can therefore lookforward to some genuine bargains. Don't forget, it will be only n few days before the shop is re-opened, and purchasers will he amply repaid for their waiting.

A manufacturer soon finds out if his product i-, gaining or losing public favor: demand reveals the fact.' Demand for the Melbourne's highly-tailored ready-for-service suits during the last .two months lias been so great that 'tne maker.-, h.ive to work overtime to met it, Could this be true if value were ~.,t in tile suits?

A most attractive and neat display of useful and pretty little knicknacks suitable for presents, about which everybody has something to say at this season of the year, can now la: seen in Ambury's windows. The firm conveys the season's greeting's to all. Correspondence is solicited from those who are unable to call on us in person. A'great deal of our business is transacted by mail, and we are quite sure we can please you in this manner. Rcao our advertisement in tiiib issue. Morev and Moore, opposite Jaruegie Lib.nry, King Street, New Phunooth. All gootU post free, cash with order. White and Sons advertise one-piece dresses for present wear. The particu lar point about them is that they are •B9OHd avo[ jC[[Biienun ',n pajaipo oj'n 'uotqetii m pjo* *isb| am o}inb ,\'[uo tjoti

Mr. \V. Crooks, one of the British M.l'.'s who made the Kmpire tour, said to an Express representative:—"lt was nothing for us to eat seven or eight meals a day. At one place 1 fairly protested against this forcible feeding, and I had to tell the Mayor that I had eaten three luncheons that morning already. 'Hut what am 1. .to do wkh the luncheon?' said the Mayor. v l don't know,' T told him, -1 can't possibly eat it.' Finally we stared it among the school kids. I tell you that, some'of these small Australian townships can hustle. (In one ocasion we were only ten minutes in the place. The Mayo'r came out and said in a short, quick speech, "Gentlemen—l'm delighted to meet you. 1 regret your stay is so short.' Then we sang' 'Clod Save the King' as loud as we could, gave three cheers for the Mayor, followed by 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow,' ended up with more cheers, and departed. At another place the entire town—about forty inhabitants—turned out to see us."