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Thames Star, Issue 3082, 3 January 1879, Page 3

Provisions I trthenware t Earthenware! TO ARRIVE SOON— |5 CRATES ! or j EARTHEXWAHE! j BIEECT. fipO make Boom and obtain Money McGowan has determined to CLEAR OUT as much as possible of his present STOCK at a GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE! -WE MUST SELL OR BURST - NO GOODS WILL BE BOOKED AT REDUCED PBIOES, for the simple fnat that it won't pay, and we want the money. Now is the time to replace the broken Crockery. A SMALL CHOICE SHIPMENT or New Season Tea, JUST ARRIVED. I am doing my best to have the Best 3s Tea SOTJTH OF THE LINE. McGOWAN'S 3s TEA (A GOOD ARTICLE) IS THE CHEAPEST. 3/- Tea at McGowan's. J. S. HANSEN'S ADVERTISEMENT. ADVANCE THE THAMES. ■NOTWITHSTANDING the obstructions of 1 v iC Soapy Dan " and Scheming Billy (who are entitled to a banquet of eggs on the Foreshore) the prosperty of this district is now assured for the future: the railway soon to be a reality ; lands opened and cultivated by bona fide settlers ; power to construct a good Harbor placed in our hands; Educational Institutions fostered; the people of the Thames may congratulate themselves that through the accession to office of the present Government, they will now receive these substantial instalments of justice so long withheld by the Vogel-Atkineon Government. GOOD NEWS. ..0 Reduction of 2d Duty on Teas, another measure of justice to the masses. Having a large stock of Teas on band the reduction equal to the above amount will take place at once. Cash Price in half-chesta as low as Is 9d per lb. Not less than 6lb, Is 10d ; a really Good Tea, 2s 6d per lb; Very Fine, 3s; Extra Fine Strong Congou and Assam, 3s 6d; Small Boxes, 18s. Theje prices wUL DEFY COMPETITION. FRESH BUTTER from the beat dairies at Hikutaia, Tnmaki, and Oneliunga. This article is so well known as to require no further comment CASH PRICE LIST. Pastry Butter, 8d 'per lb; Best Otago Oat- j meal, 6s per 251bs; Canterbury Flour, 7s to 8s per 501 ba; Tapioca, 8d; Sago, 6d ; Pearl Barley, Id; Neave's Food, Is 2d; Hard's ditto, Is 2d; Hops, la 6d; Canary Hemp, and Rape Seed, 6d per lb; Carbolic Soap, 9dj Soft Soap, 8d; Hollowaj's Pills and Ointment, Cockle's Pills, Steedman's Soothing Powders, Painkiller, Is 3d eaoh ; Tricopherous, Is 3d ; King of Pain, 2s; Wizard Oil, 2s ; .Allen's Lung Balsam, 4s 6d; Baxter's do do, Is 3d ; Powell's Balsam of Aniseed, Is 4i; Chloride of Lime, la; Swiss Milk, Is; Cocoa and Milk, Is 3d; Coffee and Milk, Is 6ri; Potted Meats, 8d ; Preserved Meats, 2ib tins, Is 6d; 41b do, 2s 8d ; 61bs Mutton, 3s ; Venison, 10d ; lib tin Oysters, 9d ; Kippered Herrinss, Is 3d ; Vlb tins Jam, 7d per lb; Jars Preservud G-inger, 5s ' 6d ; Candied Ginger, 2s lb; Liu.fjuice, per bottle,.Us; Australian Wine Vinegar, Is; Melbourne Worcester Sauce, lOd ; Mellor's do, Is; Yorkshire Relish, 9d. TOB4C0OS: —Venus, Barrett's Twist, and other good brands. Swiss Cigars. Canterbury Hams, Bacon, Cheese, Potatoes. Sharps, Bran, Maize, Oats, Wheat, &o. Reductions in Crockery, China, Glass, aiid Tinware, , ■-■ ■■ :,.y , ■ ■ ■• -„ , • Having Direct Toipoitations from Landon arid elsewhere, anif always buying in the best markets, tho undereigned is iv a position to ■ compete 1 with'any honso on"the Thames. It is his aim to giro hia Customers Value for their Money. : . J. E. ri>A :N S E N, POLLEN STREET,

LOCAL GOSSIP. I say, Bill, where do you intend spending your Christmas Holidays? WeH, Sack, I have not yet made up my mind. I think I will stay at th»'ihames and see t,bp sports. Laßt yeue I went to Auckland, ond before I came back 1 wag nearly crippled, i through having such a confounded tight, pair i of boots. JjPJtiere did you gat your boots ! from, Jaok?^ never hear you complain. Me/ Bill ?■;.■£■ got them from Morgan's; he; ; makes such an ea*y, good boot. (By-the-by^eV he is the fume chap that mudo such good . w'ftertiebts for our crowd in the early days.) Don't you recollect poar Tom, how he ueed to tell us we were doing wrong not to go down to Sbortlaml ? My word, Jack! I do want this pair eoied, and I will call and sco him. Well, Bill, don't forget to take Mary Jano. He has got such fine Ladies' and Boys' and Girlß' Boots, and they are so CHEAP. He told me lie would advertise the reduction in his prices, but the public would say'it was a puff, and that he did not believe in it. Everybody should get tbeir boots from E. CM OBGAN, THE GHEiP BOOT AND SHOE POLLEN jArET, SHORTLAND.