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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3161, 13 April 1909, Page 6

C.SMITH, Ltd., AVE just opened a large selection of BLOUSE MATERIALS in Delaines, Viyella, and Flannels. Never before have we shown suchjVariety and.SValue. We have opened our full DRESS MATERIALS, which for Selection and Varietyare not to be equalled. Before buying your Winter outfit pay us a visit of mspecNew Millinery, New Jackets, Pew Laces, New Insertions. Wa are showing a large stock of LADIES' NECKWEAR-the latest procurable. UMBRELLAS! UMBRELLAS! We have just opened 55 dozen Umbrellas, from Is to 25a For best value and variety PREMIER DRAPERS & CLOTHIERS, MASTERTON. NO MORE TROUBLE ABOUT DRESSMAKING !! JLi with Hendry and Buxton, for a Kaiapoi Costume, Jacket or Skirt. The season's sample book has arrived. QUEEN STREET, (Opposite Knox Church).

MOFFAT-VIRTUE SHEEPSHEARING MACHINES, AND TANGYE'S KEROSENE OR BENZINE ENGINES. . . |" ARGE STOCK of Steam, Gas and \J Oil Engine Fittings, Steel Split ulleys, etc. JOHN CHAMBERS & SON, (LrMiTiio.) WELLINGTON. And at ATTCK'LAND, CHEISTCHUECH & DUNEDIN. TEA BLENDING. AN eminent Tea Expert, writing in the " Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, says : —"Tea blending is a scientific art and the acme ot'tbe art is to ' lift' blends up, not to depress them to a dull average. The expert will blend low-priced, medium, and fine quality teas in such a way as to make a 'fine liquoriaV not a medium cup. The great *.«ii»Y>t is to select for your 'fetching up ! a tea that can dominate ihe biend. H'or this, great experience and a hitriry trained palate are tis.-enual. No ii<nd nd fast rules c.in Im la, id down, but there is a great prize to be jjxijjHU by the succeseful ir.divnUM.l who by iiis skill can make, f<>r two i>r iluve pence a pound less money, a bit«od Mat shall eoual thu more one of Me inexpert blend-r " In New Zealand expert tea blenders are few .-.nd f-ir imtwetin, and while there are many brmids ot blended teas on the ; market, few are r.he work of real experts. ' For the most part the teas are mixed in a haphazard kind of way, the main object being the obtaining of a maximum profit. Uniformity of quality or flavour under such conditions is impossible, and purity problematical. There is one firm in New Zealand who have for many years been selling the finest blended teas in Australasia. Blended by an expert of grpat experience aiid unique skill, who also has the great advantage of his firm's superior buying and inirwiiag capabilities, these teas are undoubtedly very fine examples of the blender's art, and at the various prices at which they are sold they are undeniably the best value obtainable in the Dominion, We refer to "Tiger'' Teas. That they have fer so many years retained their supremacy and great popuWity in the face of increased competition is evidence of the public's critical abilities. The people of New Zealane are, on the whole, good judges of tea, and as " Tiger " Tea is still the pick of the great majority, nothing further need bo added, except that they are obtainable from all stores at Is 4d, Is 6d, Is Bd, Is I.od, and 2s per lb. That at Is 8d per lb is the most favoured at present, frt is a very fine tea, and those who cannot afford the higher priced "Tiger" Teas find it'quite as good as other brands of tea at 2s a lb. Those, however, who are compelled to buy a low-priced tea will get the best value for thpir money, both in quality and flavour, if they buy the low-priced "JTiger" blends.—(L).