The Now Zealand Oyster Fisheries Company is anxious to obtain a lea^e of the foreshore at Pahautanui extending from the boundary o£ its present reserve at the head of the harbour to the railway bridge at Paremata, as it finds that the water on its beds is not quite suitable for its purposes, being rather too muddy. The company haviug made application for an extended area, the Government commissioned Sir James Hector to make a report on the subject, and he bas just made a close inspection of the oyster beds and also of the remaining portion of the beach which the company is anxious to lease. There were 202 passengers from Australia by the Monowai this afternoon. Of these 140 landed at this port. The annual meeting of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children is fixed for Tuesday, 4th October, at the Art Gallery, and His Excellency the Governor will preside. Somo interesting particulars concerning the Wertheim Sewing Machine will bo found in another column. This machine, which has hold a strong position throughout the colony for nearly 20 yearn, is now controlled throughout the North Island by Mr. H. O. Howett, Manners-street, who has succeeded Messrs. James Grace & Co,, the latter firm being sub-agents for tho Palmerston North and Taranaki districts. The Wertheim manufacturers are determined to keep tho position so long hold of being up to date in quality as well as design, and their latest macbinos have improvements not held by any other maker. Their drop-head cabinet is beautifully designed, and should suit tho taste of the most fastidious. Tho new " Triplex " attachment makes either a lock, chain, or embroidery stitcli, at will, by touching a button, and for art work is claimed to be specially useful. There are also many other special improvements, including foot rest and new treadle balance, that cannot bo referred to in detail, but the public are invited to inspect them. Sprino Fashions. — 200 cases of spring novelties now open at C. Smith's, the Cash Draper, Cuba-street. New millinery, newmantles, new capes, new sunshades, new dress materials, now prints, new ginghams, new gloves, now laces, new flowers and feathers, new scarves, sashes, and ribbons, new millinery and coats for children, new tailor-mado costumes. Two hundred cases already open at C. Smith's, the Cash Draper, Cuba-street. — Advt.
IVTEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS ! G. & T.~YOUNG, IMPORTERS, WATCHMAKERS, AND JEWELLERS, 73, Lambton-quay, Wellington, Have just received ANOTHER CONSIGNMENT OF THE LATEST NOVELTIES. All departments now replete with the NEWEST AND BEST To be had in the Home markets. BOWLING GREEN BOWLS ! BOWLING GREEN BOWLS ! I The First Shipment of TAYLOR'S BOWLS FOR SEASON 1898-9 Just to Hand. Evevy variety Bias, Size, and Weight. SPECIAL ADVANTAGES! rolled" oats, "TIP-TOP" BRAND. These Rolled Oats are made by special machinery from selected Colonial-grown Oats, and buyers of this brand can guarantee having the best of quality, also being fresher and more palatable and nutritious than any imported article, which, through being so long packed, becomes musty and injurious to invalids and infants. 2£ Pounds ... 6d per bag 5 do ... Is do T M P O R T S Ex s.s. Gothic. -fl X BALES K. & Co.'a Newest High JLO Art Paperhangings, first of new season's 1 case Artists' Specialities for painting on 250 cases and boxes of Window Glass, all sizes R. MARTIN, 17, Manners-street. X7I O R SALE. b_ — — Basin Reserve (close to)— Four good Sections, ready for building, each 30ft by 9b'ft ; £5 15s a foot. A bargain Seaside — Two grand Seaside Allotments ; price .£72 and JJ66. A bargain GRAND INVESTMENT. Ingestre-street — Land §Oft lin and. 7oft, with Shop and Dwellings and two Villas easily convertible into shops. A bargain Apply, sharp, to HARCOURT & CO., 48, Lambton-quay. DRINK W.F.C.A. ALES. nfIHESE Ales are specially brewed for and JL bottled by the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited). Quarts, 8/- ; Pints, 5/6. Will be Valued by Home Friends. New Zealand's Favourite Illustrated Weekly. CANTERBURY ril IMES ANTERBURY X IMES All the Latest News and Topics. Social, Political, Commercial. General News, Farming, Sporting, Athletics. | Best all-round weekly. Wrapped Copies at Office, near G.P.0., And Outside G.P.O. To-morrow. NICEST PAPER FOR 'FRISCO MAIL. Smartly written. Well Illustrated. •ftT.r^ /GRAPHIC i-M . £j» VX R A P H I C Now Zealand Scenery, Views, &c. " Photos, Portraits, Cartoons. Political Cartoons, Current Events, Society and Social News, &c. Wrapped Copies at Office (also back numbers) And Outside G.P.O. To-morrow. NOTICE TO SHEARERS. A MEETING of Shearers will be held in the Trades Hall, (over Barber's Butcher Shop), 123, Lambton-quay, TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY), 28th instant, at 8 o'clock. All Shearers in town cordially invited to attend. Business important. SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. (Wellington Branch.) rSHHTC Annual Meeting will be held on JL TUESDAY, 4th Oct., at 8 p.m., in tho Art Gallery. His Excellency the Governor, President of .the Now Zealand Society, will preside. All subscribers and sympathisers cordially invited. Look i'or advertisement Saturday evening. RIVAL CRICKET CLUB. A SPECIAL General Meeting of the abovo Club will bo held TO-MORROW KVKNINH (Thursday), 29th instant, at the Trocad-oro, at 8 o'clock. Bnaiiioss important. A full attondanco is requested. J. MURRAY, . Hon. Secretary JR.C.C,
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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 28 September 1898, Page 6
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863Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 28 September 1898, Page 6
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