SATISFACTORY PIANO-BUYING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10122, 19 October 1910, Page 5

SATISFACTORY PIANO-BUYING.

The Dresden Piano Company import only pianos of sterling value, shipped by manufacturers of worldwide repute. The Company's long experience and great trade enable them to buy pianos under conditions of special advantage. Their exhaustive knowledge of varying New Zealand •conditions —humidity, temperature, and the rest —fits them to give authoritative advice on piano-selection to purchasers from every part of the country . The Dresden stock pianos made by many.great firms. They will sell at ;the lowest rates compatible with hon- j •est trade; and these prices are the same to everybody. Whatever your circumstances, the Company will try to meet your convenience under their excellent hire-purchase system. Obviously, then, if you think of buying a piano, it will be to your interest at least to consult the Dresden peo•ple. They will be perfectly honest and straightforward with you, whether you buy or not. The Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., Wellington. North Island Manager, M: J. Brookes. Local representatives, Tnns and Goddard, next drib Hotel.

'the usual 7.30 train for Wei ling - tm will this morning leave Masterton !at B.SO, on account/>f the Wellington Races. The number of patients admitted to the Alasterton Hospital during the month ending yesterday was twentyfour, and the number discharged, including deaths, was fifteen. There i ■iv.: at pre-ent twenty-six inmates of ■ ho institution. A Kiight outbreak of fire recently j .'•ci".:n-ed at the Masterton Hospital .'.-:. i result of a defect in the gas j ..'»•, connection, 'lhe prompt action i •.f';:.■!*tor Allen in tuppre=sing the | came in for expressions of . :,;<pr:n al at the meeting of the HospiiV.i Committee, yesterday, and a' ■.-.>....' of appreciation was passed. Am Otaki telegram states that an :vmoiith-old child was attacked by a ~ <.titer a few days ago, and received ,\;.-i-al nasty cuts on the face and raj-. Had "it not been for the tinie- !> appearance of the mother, the > .j'.:iigstor would probably have bee.i - riously disligured. The fortnightly meeting of Stonclunge Lodge, U.A.0.D., was held last night, Bro. A. 0. Levion, A.D., presiding. Two candidates were inuiated, and Bro. Shackleton was | elected A.D.B. Bro. Erickson, D.P., l ,-.-as in attendance, and was received | •.itli Druidic honours. The lodge decided to play a return euchre tournament with Totara Lodge on Monday week. Tire Hutt Club has invited four links from the Masterton Bowling Club to visit them on November 9th. Palmerston is losing one of its I well-known settlers in Mr. R. E. Bannister, who is leaving the district at the end of the month to reside in Melbourne. Mr. Bannister visited the Commonwealth recently and was greatly impressed with the prosperity of New South-Wales and Victoria. He states that 'there are splendid openings in both Sydney and Melbourne for business men possessing -■iiorgy and capital. A home meeting in connection with the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held at the residence of "Mrs. Green, Villa Street, Masterton, the chair being occupied by the hostess, who gave a short address ofi the Licensing Bill now before the House. Other ladies spoke on it, some being for and others against it. Sacred songs and Scripture' readings was the chief- feature of the altogether instructive and interesting meec.i"g-

At the Magistrate's Court in Masterton on Friday next a case will be hoard in which William Burridge, of Carterton, is charged with sending liquor into the No-license district of Masterton, to Steven Haviand,. between June 2-1: and September 24, 1910, he having reasonable cause to suspect that such; liquor was for tin purpose of sale or being kept for sale. The information is laid under Section 146, Sub-section 111., of the Licensing Act, 1908. Mr. C. A. Pownall has been retained for the "defence.

Messrs. Ogilvy and Sons, Masterton, advertise for an experienced ploughman. Board and residence with a private family for a married couple is re~ quired for four or five weeks. ' Me'ssrs. Snow and Co., land agents, require for a client cSO to 100 acres dairy farm, on lease, with right of purchase. A meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Ladies' Auxiliary is called for this afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the Y.M.C.A. Rooms. All members are requested to attend. Mrs. A. A. Pikett.. teacher of singing, voice production, and breathing, announces elsewhere that her studio is now situated in the Lodge Room at the back of the Foresters' Hall. Entrance can be made from Queen Street by the right-of-way at the side of the hall. Mrs. Pikett will receive this week between the hours of 11 ;imi )'2 a.m. and 3 and 4 p.m. Spring cleaning without worry is a boon most householders will welcome and enjoy. Hyde and' Co. offer to assist to this enjoyment, and will take up, clean, and relay, and give new life to carpets at a very reasonable charge. They have experts on hand to help, and a ring on the 'phone will bring them. An "Ibex" furniture suite, just manufactured by Mr. T. McCracken (opposite Messrs. T. VVagg . and Co.'s), Queen Street, is at present on view at the establishment, and is attracting a good deal of attention. The suite comprises nine pieces, chairs, two armchairs, and settee, the general finish' and execution of which is a .tribute, to the skill of the manufacturer. The woods used are carefully selected specimens, beautifully matched, and the whole makes a remarkably neat exhibition, something after the quaint style. The price asked is only £l3 10s., which, in view of the value offered, should be an inducement for an early purchase. Although it is scarcely twelve months since Messrs. Watson and Co., drapers and clothiers, took ovc*Mr. Charman's business, they have, by energy and enterprise, and a strict attention to the wants of an exacting public, established a business connection in Masterton that is decidedly creditable. In an inset circulated with this issue the firm announce that they have taken commodious premises (formerly occupied by Messrs. Hendry and Buxton), opposite Knox Church. An extra staff has been engaged, and the management will still be in the capable hands of Mr. Webb, who for some years has been well known to the public of Masterton. Messrs. Watson and Co. distinctly wish it to be understood that the drapery section only has been removed, and that the grocery, ironmongery, and crockery departments will still be carried on' in the old premises. The opening of the rtew premises will be marked by a great bargain sale to be commenced to-day.