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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 49, 7 December 1940, Page 4

- BUS I N ESS N OTt C ES. ~ CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT BALLANTYNES is a delightfully simple business. . . there is such a splendid selection . . . gifts for the home . . . dainty toilet novelties . . . all sorts of practical and charming things that cannot fail to be appreciated. ASK THE “GIRLS/ IN BLUE” . . . They are here to giye you any information you may require and help you in any way you desire it. If you are in doubt as to what to give you will find these alert young women intelligent beyond your highest hopes at scouting about the shop, capturing a pleasant and imaginative gift for one person or another on your list. If you are too tired to do your own shopping, these “Girls in Blue” will assemble your gifts and present them for your selection in one short visit. So, if you are short of time (or energy) please take full advantage of their presence. Just ask the “Girls in Blue —they give wings to shopping. FIRST-AID TO BEWILDERED MENFOLK. Men who quake at the thought of purchasing gifts in a Ladies’ Department — take comfort—ask the “Girls in Blue” —they know your womenfolk possibly better than you do. They have seen her in those rare moments when she has been thinking of herself . . . wistfully holding'a jewelled necklace around her throat, caressing the folds of a negligee; her eyes bright with wishing. So all you have to do is, ask the “Girls in Blue.” ' " IF YOU CANNOT COME INTO TOWN), shop by mail or 'telephone . . • experienced Assistants Will take your directions and see that they are carried out promptly and to your entire satisfaction . . . nothing is too much trouble if they can be of service to you. J. Ballantyne and Co., Ltd. “Where the Best Things Come From.” CHRISTCHURCH and TIMARU.

WOOD TOYS.TJIAT LAST. Haycart with Horse, 8/6. Double Rocker, 16/6. Rocking Horses, 9/6; Painted 10/and 11/-. Wheelbarrows, 3/6, 4/6, 7/- unpainted; Ducoed, oi/6, 10/6 and 12/6. Doll’s Bedstead 11/6 and 3/3. Basinettes, 6/6 and 11/6. Cradles, 3/6 and 4/6. Card and 6 Coloured Blocks, 2/6 and 3/6 and 12 Coloured Blocks 5/-. Meccano Outfits from 3/3. Hornby Train Sets from 12/3. Wicker Prams, strong cane handle, ft/Seagrass Prams, 14/6 and 22/6. Teddy Bears, 7/6, 9/-, 10/6, .12/6 to 27/6. Horse on Rocker, very strong, 36/6. Chinese Checkers, Table Game, 13/6. Table Tennis from 5/6 to 12/6. “Berlin or Bust,” similar to “Taipo,” 16/6. “Tactics,’’ equal to “Strategy,” with the additional Minefields, 7/6. “Jig-saw Puzzles,” 3-Ply, 2/6, 3/3, 4/-, 4/6; and a good assortment TOin. x 13in. at 2/6. Small Cricket Sets, Bat and 3 Wickets, 3/-. “LOOK IN THE WINDOW” A. W. HOPKINS, ’Phone 120, “The Bookshop.” CHICK FOODS. .. ... CHICK FOODS. , STARTER Mash, Chicle Raiser, Chick Grit, Chick Charcoal, Buttermilk Powder, Death to Lice Powder, and all Poultry' requirements stocked. ' THOMAS BROS. TRANSPORT SERVICES. N.Z. RAILWAYS ROAD SERVICES. • (Leave Ashburton Daily). FOR CHRISTCHURCH—IO.SO a.m., on Mon. and Fri.; 12.20 p.m. on Tues., Wed,, Thurs. and Sat.; 10 p.m. Mon. to Sat. Sunday only 3.50 p.m. FOR TIMARU (via Hinds) —4.15 a.m., 3.15 p.m., Tues., Wed., Thurs. and Sat., 5.45 p.m. Mon. and Fri.; Sunday only, 10.45 a.m. i Book at Madden’s (’Phone 167). !