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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XX, Issue 1520, 6 February 1891, Page 4

JBunineM Woticcitt V Norwich Quay, • LYTTELTON, ' Would like to draw the attention of the inhabitants of the Peninsula and elsewhere to the following facts : —That they are Large Importers of GROCERIES AND STORES Of Every Description, And by getting the goods loaded at Lyttplton they save the rail charges to Christchurch, and are therefore able to sell at rates lower than that charged by any firm in Canterbury. As we are overstocked in several lines, we are now making SPECIALLY LOW QUOTATIONS To meet Purchasers for the coming CHRISTMAS AND GRASS SEED SEASONS, asunder:— Kerosene, 150deg, best pat taps, 16s per case Sugar, finest white, 31 per lb Oat.neal, best 2s 3d and 2s Gd per 251b bags Candles, Sperm per lb „ London Wax 9d per lb Cornflour, 4d to 7d lb FRU ITS, New Season's—Currents, s^l to Gd per lb ; RpJsins, Elenies 7d, Valencia Bd, Muscatels, Is to Is 3d per lb All kinds of Canned Fruits Matches, plaids 5d per doz ; 250 s. Is lOd. 1000 s. 6s per doz Sago, 3d per lb TEAS. Of these we mal<e a specialty, doing our own blending. Our cheapest Tea at Is 3d per lb is a a strong ordinary Congou. The Blend at Is Gd is finer, and more mellow in flavour. A full flavoured, rich malty Tea at 2s. A richly blended Pekoe at 2s Gd, Our finest Tea, which for quality and delicacy of flavor, is unequalled, 3s per lb. A reduction of 2d per lb on half-chests. Samples free on application. THE BEST BRANDS OF WfNES, ALES & SPIRITS kept in stock as under :— . Ale, Colonial quarts, 8s Gd per dozen. Ale, Bass and Co 's, 13s per dozen. Brandy, finest XXX, 60s per dozen. Geneva, 54s per dozen. Rum, 54s per dozen. We have just landed a large consignment of Hardy's celebrated Australian Wines, Claret, Port. Sherry, Frontignac, Constantia, &c, &c. Oases containing 1 dozen assorted liquors supplied for 29s as under :— 6 bottles English Ale or Stout, qrts. 2 bottles Highland Whisky, 1 bottle Brandy, 3 hot les Assorted Wines. In our ironmongery department we keep large st cks of Fencing Wire, plain and barbed; Galvaniz'd Corrugated iro iuf best brands, nails, paints, oils, millcpans, tinware, tools, lamps, culler), agricultural implements, and every description of hon ehold ironmongery, and will at all times be pleased to give quotations to intending buyers. All goods are free on board the steamer, and no rail charges as in the case of goods bought in Christchurch. ROBERT FORBES & CO., Norwich Quay, Lyttelton WHOLESALEJRUIT AGENCY. TIHOS. PATERSON AND CO., J. Manse St., Dunedin (Established Dunedin 1879), Wholesale Agents for Locally-grown, Tasmanian, Australian and Fijian FRUIT. Also Cheese, Bacon, and other Produce. Consignments received regularly. Prompt returns. Cocoanuts, Peanuts, Figs, Dates, Paper Bags, and all Fruiterers' sundries kept in stock. Agents for Allpress' Tomato Sauce nnd Chutnee, and Tweedie's Oatmeal Mills, Riverton. FIRST Awards and Medals for Seeds 1882-8-4-5-6-7-8-9, C.A. & P.A. New Zealand Shows, also First Order of Merit and Medals at tho Centennial Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888-89, against Eleven Exhibitors, and at " L'Exposition Universelle and Internationale " de Paris 1889. Seed Experts and Agents for first class British, Continental, Colonial, and American Houses. EW. DAVIDSON & CO., j SEED GROWERS AND SEED MERCHANTS, 97 Manchester St., Christchurch, Have Appointed MR. T. E. TAYLOR Their Agent for Akaroa and District for the sale of their Celebrated PRIZE MEDAL SEEDS; All. orders punctually attended to. A trial kindly solicited. E. W. DAVIDSON & CO. '