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Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2511, 24 April 1878, Page 3

M. Fontaine, in his volume on "Lighting by Electricity" (Paris : Baudry, 1877), sa y S : —"We have never so much admired the facility of employment, tht simplicity of fitting up, the indefinite divisibility, and [the multiplicity of uses of gas, as since we have been occupied with lighting by electricity. Not only is gas now reckoned as one of the necessaries of life, but it is identified with many "of its most useful and successful occupations, contributing to domestic comfort and healthful enjoyments. Is there any invention which has more largely contributed to the cheerfulness, the security, and the comforts of HOME?—[Se.e advertisement.] . . Designers of fashion this season have studied comfort and durability, as may be seen from the stock of Millinery, Dresses Mantles, &c., at T. McMaster's, Queen [Advt.] Some difficulty hitherto has been experienced in obtaining Large Size Dooe MATS for Churches, Banks, Hotels, and other Public Buildings. The undersigned rive imported an immense assortment of all kinds of Passage Mat and Outer-door Mat up to 4 foot 6 inches in length. A large lot of Cheap Tapestry and Kidderminster Carpets just opened. Ladies and Gentlemen about to furnish are recommended to visit the City Hall Arcade and sec the greatest variety of House Furniture in the Province.offered for sale at the lowest possible prices. Grand assortment of Bedsteads and all kinds of Bedding always in Stock of their own manufacture. Drawing-room Suites to suit all grades of Society. Country settlers especially will find it most convenient to make thenpurchases at the City Hall Arcade, where they can obtain all kinds of Clothing and Furnishing Goods. Agents for the Genuine '•'Singer's" Sewing Machines. Very handsome Wardrobes on view. Twelve different patterns in Linoleum and Oil Cloths, all widths— Holloway, Garlick, and Cranwell, General House Furnishers, Clothiers and Drapers, Queen-street, Auckland.—[Advt.] _ WANTED, a Girl, about 14. to mind a baby, and make hei-solf useful in the hou=e; one used to children preferred.—Mrs. O'Brien. Albert-street.