TOPERS, AHOY! Nobody sympathises with the man who spends twenty shillings a week on whisky and keeps himself and his family without a reliable watch or clock of any kind to regulate their movements. Twenty-seven nips will buy the son a Waterbury; and if this should catch the eye of anyone who lias been in the habit of drinking pretty freely, or who has a deserving son at home, let him give him a Waterbury this Christmas, when for once in his life at all events he will get good value for his money. When expensive watches (on account of their intricate mechanism) come to repairs tbey cost more in some eases than a new Waterbury. The latter is a goer, however; whilst the former is an ornament only. Start the New "Sear with one, and be convinced.
Mr Henry Meigs, of London, has just , entered into a big contract. Its amount is j £1,000,000. He has to build a ship railway which will connect the Bay of Fuhdy with 1 the Northumberland Straits, in the Gttl£ j of St, Lawrence, J
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7262, 23 January 1889, Page 6
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