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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3170, 22 April 1909, Page 6

C. SMITH, Ltd., TT AVE just; opened a large selection of BLOUSE MATERIALS in Delaines, Viyella, and Flannels. Never before have we shown such Variety and Value. We have opened our full DRESS MATERIALS, which for Selection and Variety are not to be equalled. Before buying your Winter outfit pay us a visit of mspecNew Millinery, New Jackets, Few Laces, New Insertions. Wa are showing a large stock of LADIES' NECKWEAR—the latest procurable. UMBRELL4S! UMBRELLAS! We have just opened 55 dozen Umbrellas, from Is to 25s For best value and variety PREMIER DRAPERS & CLOTHIERS, MASTERTON.

NO MORE TROUBLE ABOUT DHESSMAKGSMG ! ! LEAVE your measures with Hendry and Buxton, for a Kaiapoi Costume, Jacket or Skirt. The season's sample book has arrived. QUEEN STEEET, (Opposite Knox Church).

MOFFAT-VIRTUE SHEEPSHEARING MACHINES, AND TANGYE'S KEROSENE OR BENZINE ENGINES. . . r ARGE STOCK of Steam, Gas and \J Oil Engine Fittings, Steel Split ulleys, etc. JOHN CHAMBERS & SON, (LrMITiD.) WELLINGTON. Vnd at AUCKLAND, 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 of the 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 liquoring',' not a medium cup. The great secret is to select for your 'fetching up' grti.de a tea that can dominate the b'end. this, great experience and a trained palate are ossential. No hard ud fast rules can be laid down, but there is a great pmc to bp gained by the succeseful" individrtal who by his skill can make, for two or fhree pence a pound less money, a that shall enual the more expensive one of the inexpert blender" In New Zealand expert tea blenders are few and far between, and whila there are many brands of blended teas on the market, few are the 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 h 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 great experience and unique skill, who also has the great advantage of his firm's superior buying and imnorting capabilities, these teas are undoubted.y 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 for so many years retained their supremacy and great popularity 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 be added, except that they are obtainable from all stores at Is 4d, Is 6d, Is Bd, Is lOd, and 2s per lb. That at Is 8d per lb is the most favoured at present. It 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 their money, both in quality and flavour, if they buy the low-priced " Tiger" blends.—(L).