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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2924, 29 June 1878, Page 1

Business Notices [ESTABLISHED 1869.] B. WISEMAN, PRACTICAL TAILOR, Bbotvn Street, GBAHAM.STOWN, T N returning THANKS for the largo amount 1 of PATRONAGE and RECOMMENDATION with which he has been favoured during his residence on the Thames, rcppeetfully announces that on account of Uis STEADILY INCREASING BUSINESS* ' HE HAS REMOVED TO LARGER AND MORE COMMODIOUS PREMISES (Seven Doors from the Bank of NeW Zealand.) B.W. having had many yenrs' London and •Colonial Experience, Receiving all Orders, Cutting every Garment himself^ and Personally Superintending the Making-up, h« can GUARANTEE to his Customer* th« Fullest, Satisfaction as regards ♦QUALITY* and * STYLE,* . . ' . ##']? IT ** AND ' * ENGLISH AND COLONIAL CLOTHS And TWEEDS in GREAT VARIETY, OF FIRST CLASS QUALITY ONLY KEPT IN STOCK. ENLARCEMENT_OF PREMISES. 7. WOOD, TTAVING made considerable Alterations acd Additions to his Premises, begs to draw the attention of the Public to his Wellassorted Stock of ~ Men's Clothing & Tobacconists' Goods. THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Will he found to be supplied with every - description of GENTLEMEN'S APPAREL, Which will be gold »>t prices to induce purchasers to become regular customers. The Tobacconists' Department - Is replete -with every.description of SMOKERS' REQUISITES, Including the Best Brands of TOBACCO and CIGARS, MEERSCHAUM and other Pipes ; Pouches in oil the newest designs and materials, Cutlery of the best Sheffield makes, and an infinite variety of FAKCr GOODS. A Large Assortment of CONCERTINAS to choose from. BEST TOBACCO CUT DAILY. T. WOODfW RTUNDi POLLEN STREET J •^ATER /gNOINES! A. & G. PRICE A RE PREPARED TO SUPPLY ! W A TEE ENGINES, O* any Size ob Power. Sundry Sizes ready for* delivery. Estimates of Hydraulic Machinery of anj description to be bad on application AT FOUNDRY, »» AH AMST OWN. 1118 T\ V N A M I T B. Jusx Abbived, per Queen of thk West, from London — TEN TONS DYNAMITE, . DETONATORS, BATTERY, INSULATED COPPER WIRE, Etc., Em, Etc. DYNAMITE is the Safest and Most Powerful Explosive in use. THE SAFETY OF DYNAMITE DURING TRANSPORT AND STORAGE. from the Official evidence given before the House of Commons Select Committee on Explosive Substances—Parliamentary Session of 1874, London. ( Boxes filled with dynamite have been thrown from a great height, and found to sustain any amount of shock without exploding. They have also been placed upon au open fire, when the dynamite burned slowly away without exploding.—Parliamentary report —Bluo Book, page 179. , . Dynamite has been in a railway collision and, though the van and boxes, containing it were broken, no explosion took place.—? Blue Boot, page 182, par. 2979 Major Majendiej R.A., H.MS. Inspector of Gunpowder and Dynamite Factories, states, in his evidence (page 18, par. 100), that tlie law relating to dynamite is as munh too stringent as the gunpowder law is too lax ; and (page 20, par. 115) that the time has' come for relieving safe nitro-glycerihe preparations from such unnecessary restrictions as the. Nitroglycerine Act imposes upon them. ■>' Professor Abel, tho Chemist.-tb Her Majesty's War Department, giires bia experience that Nobel's dynamite is. one of-the safest, most powerful, and most convenient explosive agents applicable to industrial purposes.— Blue Book, pages 56, 57. and 59. Agents: E. P O R T E R & vOO., QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. 2665