NOTABILIA!

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 163, 27 October 1883, Page 14

NOTABILIA!

• WoiiKlKO Men. — Before you begin your heavy spring- work after a winter of relaxation your system: needs cleansing- and strengthening- to prevent an attack of bilious or spring fever or sickness that; will unfit you. ' for a season's work. You will save time, sickness, and 1 expense if you will use one bottle of Hop Bitters in yourfamily this mouth. Don't wait. Read. The burning question of the day — Where doall the Sewing Machines, sold by D. S. Chambers, go to?' Everywhere ! Families, Dressmakers, Suilors, and Bootmakers, before baying old styles should call and. see the latest grand invention at 70, Queen-street-. Auckland, opposite the Bank of N.Z. Shippers and the*"* trade supplied. Hare you noticed the new " Moresque " carpet lately imported by Gariick and Cranwell? This newmake is an improvement upon the ordinary Brusselshas a beautiful appearance, and patterns suitable both for dining and drawing--rooms are now procurable, G. and C. have just opened tip £700 worth of carpets ex U-eorg-e Bewley, and this addition to their stock enables them to give their customers a very large selection, together with borders and rugs to match. The unrefreshed and weary railway traveller who hns pitched his sleepy frame into a suit of clothes, seized his over-night packed portmanteau, aad hurried through the chill morning air to catch the morning train, is not a being to be envied. Behold him seated in the car, unfolding with half awakened faculties the damp aheet of the morning " Granny." Reader, that individual is not happy. Warm retrospections of a luxurious feather bed float before his yet sleep laden eyelids. But a good time is coming.' la due coursethe train ranges alongside the Mercer Station. Hungrily, thirstily, he junipg out, and in a few soconds is-

•raSkreshing and reviving the inner man at the table of paragon of caterers the only James (sot G. P. R. r^wSKnay remind " Granny "). Yes, that man returns to ibis seat in the train re-invigorated and at peace with all mankind. Mr James's motto should be " devil a better," for assuredly in all New Zealand there are not tetter conducted railway refreshment rooms than those under his supervision, calculated as they are to supply •every requirement of the travelling public. Most gratifying it is to note the progressive strides made in hotel accomodation in Auckland.A<xpng others prominently should be noted /the 3Vissonic Hotel, North Shore. Mr Pearce has spared no expense in making his house all that a first-class hotel .should be. Lofty, well-ventilated, and most admirably furnished apartments attest the care of the proprietor. Bath-rooms,lavatories, with hot and cold water laid on, show that primary requisites have received every attention; and- in addition, a well-lighted Billiard room {recently completely arranged and fitted by Mr J. Field; will assuredly meet with the approbation of the devotees of the green cloth. It is hardly necessary to xemiud our readers that the hotel faces the broad expanse of water that forms one of the most beautiful harbours in the world. With great pleasure we draw attention to the advertisement of Messrs Macintyre Bros, and Co., of Shortland-street, appearing in another column The firm represent in. this City the Australian Vine Growers' Company. It is almost needless, but none the less a pleasant task, to bear high testimony to the great excellence of Australian wines generally speakius?, and more especially with respect to such choice vintages as can be obtained from the aboved-mentioued company. The highest honours were obtained by Australian vignerons at the Bordeaux Exhibition. And in addition' to the sixteen ■gold and nine silver medals awarded for superior merit, the most famous connoisseurs in all Europe have testified to their undeniable purity and absolute freedom ■from deleterious compounds. In these days, when so much adulteration prevails in most wines of Home brands, it is most satisfactory to know that the sister colonies have a practically unlimited supply of pure •wines, which can always be obtained from the Vinegrowers Co., Shortland-street.