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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XX, Issue 1521, 10 February 1891, Page 4

JBiiAinea* Notice* Forbes <fe n V Norwich Quay, ■ • • LYTTELTON, Would like to draw the attention of the ! inhabitants; ofv the Pen?nsula aid elsewhere to the following facts, :—that they, are Large Importers of GROCERIES AND STORES Of Every Description, And by getting the goods loaded at Lyttelton they save the rail charges to Christchurch, and are therefore able to sell at rates lowor 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 SEISD SEASONS, as under :•— Kerosene, 150deg, best pat taps, 16s per case Sugar, finest white, 8d per lb Oatmeal, best 2s 3d and 2s 6d per 251b bags Candles, Sperm per lb „ London Wax 9d per lb Cornflour, 4d to 7d lb FRUITS, New Season's—Currants, s^d to 6d per lb ; Rpisins, Elemes 7d, Valencia Bd, Muscatels, Is to Is 3d per lb All kinds of Canned Fruits Matchps, plaids 5d per doz ; 250 s. ls> 10d. 1000 s. 6s per doz Sago, 3d per lb TEAR. Of these we make a specialty, doing our own blending. Our cheapest Tea at Is 3d per lb is a a strong ordinary Congou. The Blend at Is 6d is finer, and more mellow in flavour. ' A full flavoured, rich malty Tea at 2s. A richly blended Pekoe at 2s 6d, 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 OP WINES, ALES & SPIRITS '' kept in stock as under :— J Ale, Colonial quarts, 8s 6d per dozen. [ Ale, Bass and Co 's. 13« per dozen. 5 Brandy, finest XXX, 60s per dozen. Geneva, 54s per dozen. Rum, 54s per dozen. ' We have just landed a large consign- '' ment of Hardy's celebrated Australian ' Wines, Claret, Port. Sherry, Frontignac, " Constantia, &c, &c. Cases containing 1 dozen assorted 1 liquors supplied for 29s as under :— 6 bottles English Ale or Stout, qrts. 2 bottles Highland Whisky, 1 bottle Brandy, 3 bot les Assorted Wines. In our ironmongery department we keep large st cks of Fencing Wire, plain and barbed ; Galvanized Corrugated iron of best brands, nails, paints, oils, milkpans, tinware, tools, lamps, cutlery, j agricultural implements, and every description of hou eliold ironmongery, and will at all times be pleased to give quotations to intending buyers. i All goods are free on board the steamer, and no rail charges as in the 3 case of goods bought in Christchurch. 1 ROBERT FORBES & CO., Norwich Quay, Lyttelton - WHOLESALEJRUIT AGENCY. THOS. PATERSON AND CO., 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 Bugs, and all Fruiterers' sundries kept in stock, Agents for Allpress' Tomato Sauce and Chutnee, and Tweedie's Oatmeal Mills, Riverton. I FIRST Awards and Medals for Seeds 1882-3-4-5-6-7-8-9, C.A. & P.A. New Zealand Shows, also First Order of Merit and Medals at the 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., SEED GROWERS AND SEED MERCHANTS, 97 Manchester St., Christchurch, Have Appointed MR. T. E. TAYLOR > Their Agent for Akaroa and District for the pale of their Celebrated J PRIZE MEDAL SEEDS.. All orders punctually attended to. A trial kindly solicited. E. W. DAVIDSON & CO.