Business Notices

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3552, 15 May 1880, Page 1

Business Notices

" John Oasse-- still lives in the elevating stream of literature for ever flow- ' ing from the great publishing house he founded. Few men have left a deeper mark on their ago than John Oassell. He arrived«it! London in 1838, with all hie belongings tied up in a coloured handkerchief. At the'various temperance lrieetings which he addressed, in a rough and uncultured manner, but with" an earnestness that proved his attachment to temperance views. He saw, however, that more was wanted than mere preachirg, .and with a sagacity deserving of recognition, he projected two strong counteractive forces to •intemperance— wholesome beverages and •- educational literature. He set up in Fenchurch street an establishment for the sale of tea and coffee. A long way after him McGowan follows with his 3s tea. McGowan has been in the tea trade for many years, nnd has ' a Home ■ and Colonial experience in selection that few can lay claim to. A few years ago it occurred to him, after seeing the Bameness of the quality of tea supplied on the Thames, that there wan rpom for a better article than that usually sold. At the same time he saw that it would be suicidal to. introduce a high price, so he determined to put before the judges of good tea an article for 3s, that could not be excelled, unless there were those wealthy enough to receive it from' Eussia, costing about 15s per lb there, being conveyed overland by caravan. Most people have-a hobby, and 3s TEA' is McGowan'S Hobby, get a pound and try it. McGowan's 3s Tea is different and distinct from all other Teas.

It is bis intention, fit some future date* to publish, for the information of the trade, full instructions as to. the plant, time of pulling, selection, manipulation, &c. The public are requested to judge for themselves, in preference to listening to the disparaging remarks of interested and unprincipled tradesmen.