WANGANUI.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1170, 25 December 1879, Page 2

WANGANUI.

The celebrated entire horse Painter died suddenly. He was purchased m Sydney by a Wanganui breeder for £606.

The new Pure Cash System now being initiated by G. and 0. will certainly prove a benefit to the. public. It has been a great success m Sydney and Melbourne, and when strictly carried out the customer who buys at an establishment where the goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a great gainer. G. and C. sell their drapery, millinery, and clothing at such prices for cash as gives the buyer the advantages of a shareholder m a cooperative society, without the risk of being called upon to bear portion of the loss should the year's business prove unsatisfactory. Garlick and Cranwell will aim to retain the confidence which the public have hitherto shown them, and are determined to give the pure cash system a fair trial ; whether- they gain or lose the first year. Country buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-operative prices ; just the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bedding, and general house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, will be marked at the loweat remunerative prices, and a discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at the time of purchase. G. & 0. having realised, the entire value of their stock during thefc late cash sale, the present stock ja jfßijp and VBKY CHEAPLY BOUGHT. Aft inspection 18 invited.— Gaelics as& Cbanvtell, City Hall Furnjshjag* Arcade, Queeu-atreet,

S*:nsBATED and married m one day does not often happen; A shoemaker m Indianopolis, says the " Michigan Herald," discovered that his wife was more intimate with a baker than was allowed by the SeventhCommandmenU Instead of reproaching his wife or making a noise, he suggested to her a separation, and of dividing their posessipns. This proposition was agreed to, and the shoemaker paid to his wife 250 dollars as her portion. One hoar luter his, wife was married to the baker and the seperated husband attended at the wedding. After the wedding the shoemaker and baker shook hands and had a glass of wine together, and entered into a compact that the shoe* maker had to b;j his bread from the baker, and that the baker and his family had to get thier boots made by the shoemaker,