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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 298, 23 December 1897, Page 11

T7«OR OPERA GLASSES t; and BINOCULARS Of every variety and of good quality and value, Call at T. PEACOCK'S, OPTICIAN, SHORTLAND-STREET. Also in Stock— Telescopes, Barometers, Pocket and Prismatic Uonipasses, Quartz Magnifiers, Mining Dials, etc., etc. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. m¥fs Suits to Measure In the best West End *'. Styles from 50s to 80s. A Choice Lot Of Harris' Tweeds in Suit Lengths. TDICHARD'S X>LASTIC TIXETAt. Invaluable for Repairs and Lining Up purposes, etc., etc. Adheres firmly to brass, gun metal, wrought and cast iron, etc., etc. Anti-frictional. durable, self-tinning and easy applied. A Worn Bearing, Pin or Part can in many cases be Faced, Lined or Pasted Up with this metal, and made equal to new in a very short time. The above is the original PLASTIC METAL and is only genuine when bearing the registered trade mark, I. Richards' P.M.' Sole Agent-DUNN, SMITH and CO., ENGINEERS, COPPERSMITHS, BRASSFOUNDERS, PLUMBERS. ETC., ETC. CUSTOMS STREET W.. AUCKLAND. •■RENOUNCING THE TREATIES.". To some people this phrase, recently seen in the cables from England, conveys the idea that there is a malediction about Mr Chamberlin's intentions regarding foreign nations. It Is not quite so severe as that. .It means that he will give notice that the "most favoured nation" clause they now enjoy in their Commercial Treaty with England will be terminated, and that the colonies will be permitted, If they choose, to charge higher duties on foreign than on British goods. For instance, the majority .of the, pianos.,imported come fronf the Continent. -Beet -* , sugar is another article, and. upon which .-. the German Government pay high bounties, so as to compete" with sugars from . Mauritius and Queensland. Mr Chamberlin's commercial mind has grasped the fact that in the British Possessions necessaries of life can be grown on British soil without depending on the Continent for sugar or China for teaChina haa recently shown ingratitude ta England by arranging with foreign Powers for railways, and Mr Chamberlln intends to give tit for tat. What he practically says is—'You foreigners do not know when you are well on*. I'll give the colonies leave to send their produce Home on Free Trade lines, and enable them to charge extra duties on goods produced outside our Empire. This will give them an opportunity to reciprocate with Ceylon, a British colony, where that delightful Buratura Tea is grown. It is without exception the most Invigorating for a tired-out brain the world can produce, and it should be admitted duty free, and a prohibitive tariff put on the production of tbe Chinaman, and so bind the Anglo-Saxon together throughout the British Empire with something better than mere sentiment.' Recollect Suratura Tea is not blended with Indian or China, and that in using that wonderfully economic household requisite you are encouraging the PRODUCTION OF BRITISHERS FROM BRITISH BOIL, and not the CHINAJIAN FROM CHINESE SOIL. TeT French Muslins And Prints Just opened. The choicest Goods ever Displayed in The City and Selling at Wholesale Warehouse | Prices. SECCOMBE'S ■ Light Bitter Sparkling Ales ** AND Unrivalled Stout ABE MADE FROM THE VERY BEST MALT AND HOPS PROCURABLE, AND THE FINEST WATER IN THE WORLD. cd RECOMMENDED BY THE LEADING DOCTORS a$ being MOST SUITABLE for the AUCKLAND CLIMATE.