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Business Notices " John Casbeed still lives in the elevating stream of literature for ever flowing from the great publishing house he founded. Few men have left a deoper mark on their ago than John Cassell. He arrived in London in 1838, with all his belongings tied up in a coloured handkerchief. At the various temperance , meetings which he addressed, in a rough and uncultured manner, but with an earnestness tli&fc proved his attachment to temperance views. He saw, howaver, that more was wanted than mere preochirg, and with a sagacity deserving of recognition, he projected two strong counteractive forces to intemperance— wholesome beverages and educational literature. lie set up in Fenchurch street an establishment for the sole of tea and coffee. A long way after him McOowan follows with his 3s tea. McGowan has been in the tea trade for many years, nnd has a Home arid Colonial experience in selection that few can lay claim to. A few years ago it occurred to him, after seeing'the sameness of the quality of tea supplied on the Thames, that there was room for a better article than that usually sold. At the same time ha saw that it would bo 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 roceive it from Eusaia, costing about) 15b per lb there, bring conveyed overland by caravan. Most people have a hobby, and 3s TEA is McGowan's Hobby, get a pound and try it. MoGowan'S 3s Tea is different and distinct from all other Teas. It is rio intention, »t some fttturo date, to publish, for the information of the trade, full instructions as to the plant, "time of pulling, selection, manipulation, &c. The publics are requested to judge for themselves, in preference to listening to the disparaging.remarks of interested and unprincipled tradesmen. TRY McGowan's 3s Tea. THE STORES OF THOMAS YE ALE WILL BE 0 L OS E D ON AND AFTEE THIS DATE AT 5 p.m, DURING WINTER MONTHB. H, STILWELL, Parawai Nursery, Thames, [Established 1868], HAS ON SALE for this season's Planting, 15,000 fine Shelter and Forest Trees, . from 4to 20 feet in height. A Choice Assortment of FRUIT TREES, 1 2 and 3 years old; 5,000 Ornimonfcal Trees and Plants, Rosos and Climers. Prices to suit all according to age and quality. New Seeds are now ready, true to name, Wholesale and Retail. Green House Plants in varieties. FINE COLLECTION OF OAMELIA.S AND DAPHNE. Seeds! Seeds! Seeds! J. BRIGHT, NURSERYMAN & SEEDSMAN, Pabiwai. JB. Respectfully intimates to his Cus- • tomers and Friends he baa tor Sale, a Ciioioe Selection of VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS, Suitable for AUTUMN SOWING AT U_T Auckland Pbices. O AAA Ycrv CHOICE PRUIT TREES, ijUUU of different kinds. Further particulars in future advertisement. Good Saddle IHorses on Hire AT ' williams' provincial hotel: ;-Stable2_tted]with every conreaience.

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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3564, 29 May 1880, Page 1

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Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3564, 29 May 1880, Page 1

Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3564, 29 May 1880, Page 1

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