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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 677, 27 January 1881, Page 3

latest telegraphic [FROM OUR own COBRESrONDENI] WELL IN GTON. This Buy. The racing /"privileges brought £196, the gates being bought in at £4lO. At n meeting of the Education Board yesterday, a letter was read from the Masterton school committee suggesting the adoption of the offer of the Town Land Trustees to.exchango sites. It was Btated that an act of Parliament would be required to legalise the transaction. On the motion of Mr Phnrazyn the offer was conditionally accepted. The architect was instructed to prepare plans of a school to accommodate 400 children, to cost £1,200. The chairman and Messrs Hutchison, Bunny, and Blair were appointed a committee to report on the subject.

Keminiscenueb oTf wjiiji.inuxo.f,—ln the .. year 1815 a worthy qitizen pioaaccl liis way .jvithsomo aiffioulty through fern and ti-tree ■wTo AroFlatboing in search of the surveyor's. peg Avhich Lad been driven in attbo corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon streets, Upon this spot was erected a small house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long since retired from the scene to the land of their birth—"Land o» the mountain and the flood, Land of brown heath and shaggy wood.' In tho year 18GG it passed into the hands of Mil Jamkß Smith, tho present proprietor, Who gave to the premises tho appropriate name of To Aro House, and under whose management business has steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city, until at length it was found that a considerable enlargement was necessary, and the result was, To Aro House, as at present, one of tho most complete 'and Extensive Drapery Establishments in the colony of Now Zealand. The Jeneral Drapery occupies a large spaco, being 49 feet by 25 feet, amply sufficient for all Manchester goods, Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, Eibbons, Laces, &c. The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 24 feet by 14 feet, and has attached a coinf nrtable fitting-room. Carpels and Household furnishings have a similar space allotted to them, Tho Show-room for the sale of Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, &c., is a very spacious apartment, olegantly fitted up, and beautifully lighted from the roof, and measures 39 feet by 22 feet. The stock of goods is at all times large and well selected, and patterns are forwarded post free on application. A special feature at Te Aro House is the Order Department, and very careful attention is paid to tho wants of Country Residents. AUordersaro executed nnder the immediate supervision of the proprietor, and securely packed and forwarded t:> their destination with that promptness and despatch which have always distin guished Te Aro House, Cuba-street, Welling . on,—fADVT.I

FOR SALE.—Two Tons of Mixed Grass Seed—Cocksfoot, Rye Grass, Timothy, and White Clover. Apply to H. J. Percy, Te Ore Ore. 659 MASTERTON HIGHWAY DISTRICT. PUBLIC TENDip will close at NOON of 12th February for 49.79 chains of metalling on Taueru Road. Specifications at Road Board Office, Masterton. The Board reserve the right of accepting any tender. C. E. BEEMNEIi. Jan. 26th, 1870. '677 TENDERS will be received until February 3rd for Alterations and Additions to our store in Carterton, where plans and specifications may be seen'. The lowest or any tender not accepted. 677 B, A. GARDENER & SON. TENDERS are invited by tho undersigned, to be sent to Carterton Post Office, by 15th February next,- for- falling about 400 acres of scrub at Wainuioru, in lots of fifty acres. JOHN BURROWS, Admiral Station, Wainuioru, George mbb, (Late E. Plummer), ~ CHEMIST TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE Lambton-Qnay, Wellington. Particular attention paid to the Dispensing Department, All prescriptions and Family Recipes carefully prepared. The prescriptions all systematically copied, numbered, and returned. The Extensive Stock is of a Superior Description, being imported direct from tho most celebrated houses in the trade. HOMCEPATHIC MEDICINES, (Guaranteed Genuine). A Largo Assortment of these Popular Medicines just to hand, ex Khedive, direct from ■Messrs Leath and Boss, including Family and Pocket Cases; also, tho Latest Works on the subject, AMERICAN HERBAT, REMEDIES AND BOTANIC DRUGS. Five cases of the above, exlngleberg, from New York ; all this season's gatherings; in splendid condition. Lists on application. India Rubber, Air, and Water Cushions, Hot-water Bottles, lce-Bags, Enema - and other Syringes, Breast Pumps and Relievers, Feeding Cups, Bed Pans, &c., for the uso of Invalids, Trusses, Elastic Stockings, Knee Caps and Anklets, Riding Belts, Abdominal Supports andJChcst Expanders. PERFUMERY, TOILET BRUSHWARE AND COMBS. The Finest Stock of any Ectail House in .the Colony. Elegant and Useful Presents. Inspection invited. All the Leading English, American and Continental Patent Medicines, <&c, Ships' Medicine ()he3ts Refitted on the Shortest Notice. Leeches and Sheep Dipping Composition" Orders by Post or Telegraph forwarded without delay, securely packed. Addrk^s— GEORGE MEE (Late Pldsijier). Opposite Government Buildings, Lambton Quay, Wellington. 677 S. DANES & SON, WELLINGTON BRASS FOUNDRY AND COPPER WORKS, Biundox-St,, s g Q 1-1 w £ 2 os o 0 s. f « £j W Mi ® H 8,-W < 21 O P 0S 3 b S ft o^o 2to 2 Hi m BRASS CASTING EVERY DAY.