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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10635, 20 April 1900, Page 4

WE ARE NO"W LANDING— ALL THE LEADING ENGLISH ■*■ end CONTINENTAL MANUFACTURERS, « SPECIAL VALUE IN DINNER, TEA, BREAKFAST, AND TOILET SERVICES. A CHOICE VARIETY OF DOULTON WARE BOYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN ROYAL CROWN DERBY CHINA And the Celebrated "INTARISO" ART POTTERY. New Designs in TABLE AND HANGING LAMPS. JOHN BATES AND CO., WORCESTER HOUSE, 215 Caahel street, opposite "Press" Offio*. CHRISTCHUBCH. ABOUT BLANKETS. A RUN ON THEM AS WINTER APPROACHES. A FORTUNATE INVESTMENT. "W" HY ARE THEY e** l ** 'Blanket* , ?" 1 "» you may ask. Well, the name is commonly supposed to be derived from that of the maker, XHOS. BLANKET, of Bristol, who flourished 500 YEARS AOO. Others point out that the word is of FRENCH ORIGIjN*, and that " Bianchet " i» French ior Blanket—from "bluno" (white). Bβ that as it may, WE wish to say that IT WOULD BE SARD to I find A MORE INVITING PLACE at which to buy your WI-NT.fc.iK uLAXJSJiTS than OUK FAMOUS. BLANKET DEPARTMENT. As the NIGHTS GROW COLDER and COLDER the demand for Blankets grows BRISKER AND BRISKER. WE are selling A LOT of Blankste this iMaon. These Blanket* come from, near and far; from ACROSS THE SEAS and from WITHIN THE COLONY. The WORLD-FAMED mills of the OLD LAND hay* contributed to build up OUR IMMENSE STOCKS OF BLANKETS, and NEW ZEALAND'S flourishing mills have materially assisted to this end. A FINER SELECTION OF BLANKETS is not to be had in -th* colony. PRICES TO SUIT ALL. ConJe and see these Blankets, and perhaps, in the meantime, you'd like A FEW QUOTATIONS. White Colonial Blankets, in assorted sizes, from 16s 6d to 45a 6d per pair; Coloured Colonial Blankets (assorted siacts) from 17a 6d to 256 6d; Coloured imported Blankets (assorted size*), from 8« lid to 21s 6d; White Imported Blankets (assorted siies) from 10s 6d to 22s Cd per pair. YOU WILL BE STRUCK with the VERY REASONABLE prices quoted above, and probably wonder: "HOW DO IHEY DO IT—WiIH WOOL FETCHING THE PRICE IT IS?" Let us explain: We bought these Blankets PRIOR to THE HEAVY ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF WOOL. A FORTUNATE INVESTMENT, you say? Yes, and we are giving patrons the FULL BENEFIT of it. But (MARK YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY MORE for Blankets whin onr present stocks are SOLD OUT. How's that? Because, when we replenish siocks, WE shtll h»ve to pay MORE ourselves to the MANUFACTURERS. Consequently, we efcall have to ckaree YOTT MORE. Our ADVICE to you, therefore, is IF YOU WANT BUY NOW J THEY'LL BE MUCH DEARER BEFORE LONG! W. STRANGE AND CO., CHRI3TCHURCH.