fJIHB REASON FOE IT. A gentleman who has not long since returned from Maitland tolls a pleasant story of a visitor he met there who was the possessor of a newlypurchased watch, which he has made strenuous efforts to regulate hy what is known in the ancient city as “ the town time.” This time is kept in Maitland by the Post Office clock at one ' corner of a street and the Telegraph Office clock at the other; but the one is regulated by the timeball at Honolulu and the other by the chronometer with which Noah navigated the ark. With a varying difference of from two to four degrees of longitude between the opposite street corners, the disgust of the watch-owner culminated in the discovery that both oltwks . were a standing joke through the district. His ' “ Waterbury ” had been regulated before it left the factory, and kept exact time, as all Waterburys do, thus exhibiting one of its main superiorities. Price 13s Cd. ARTHUR BRISCOE AND CO., Princes street, Dunedin. CHILDREN STARVING TO DEATH on account of their inability to digest food, will find a most marvellous food and remedy in Scott’s Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. Very palatable and easily digested. Read tire following testimonial: “ I have prescribed ‘ Scott’s Emulsion ’ in cases of children suffering from wasting and malnutrition, and can report most favorably of its good effect; it has been in each case taken most readily.—W. Perkins, M.R.0.5., Medical Supt. Burleigh Hospital, Eng.” Large and small bottles at all Chemists. PUBLIC NOTICE. THE ‘EVENING STAR’ RUNNERS SOCIETY Deliver Bills, Circulars, Plans, etc., from house to house, in any district In Dunedin and suburbs, from Is 6d per 100. For information, etc., apply to the Publisher Office of this Paper. BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS I WANTED KNOWN—give El of t’ s • BOOTS A TRIAL, Nothing like them in the City; one trial is only asked. Sterling value given. Gents should try our English Cookhams and Balmorals. They defy competition, lot it ho the same quality. Address 9, 10, 11 ARCADE [Established 1873] AND the .PEOPLE’S BOOT SHOP, 73 George street. E. LOFT PROPRIETOR. A FEW ADVANTAGES OP THE Dresden piano company’s HIRE PURCHASE SYSTEM. Ist—No matter where you live, it enables you to become the owner of a thoroughly good and sound Pianoforte or American Organ by simply Paying the Hire for a stated period, 2nd—Possession is obtained on Payment of the First Monthly or Quarterly Instalment. 3rd —No Further Expense whatever is incurred I beyond tho instalments for tUo period I agreed on. 4th—The Piano or American Organ can be Exchanged for one of a Bettor Class at any time within the period of hiring. sth—An excellent Piano or Organ (warranted for 10 years) can bo obtained for a deposit of 30s and payment of 30s monthly. 6th—A First-class Guarantee is given with every Instrument Purchased. 7th— Catalogues, Terms, etc., sent Post Free on application. SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY. THE DRESDEN PIANO CO.’S DEPOT, 31 Princes street, Dunedin. J. A. X. RIEDLE MANAGER. Frank a. ooxhkad, Portrait and Landscape Photographer, Princes Street, Ootauon, Dunedin. Views of Eruption, Terraces, etc. THE LONDON Drapery Company, George street, for Jerseys, 4s lid, 5s lid, 7s 6d. THE LONDON Drapery Company, George street, for Tan Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, 2s lid, 3s 9d. THE LONDON Drapery Company, Gcorgo street, for Girls’ Gloves, Id pair. THE LONDON Drapery Company, George street, for SHk Gloves. THE LONDON Drapery Company, George street, for Fianch Corsets, Is lid, 2s Gd, 3s 6d, 4s 6d. THE LONDON Drapery Company, George street, for Stylish Umbrellas, 2s Gd, 2s lid, 3s lid, 5s 9J. THE LONDON Drapery Company, Gecrge street, for Girls’ Waterproofs, 4s 6d, 4s lid, 5s 9.1. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835. Paid-up Capital ... £1,600,000. Reserve Fund ... 800,000. ’VfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 1 v Half-yearly Dividend of L2 10s per share, together with a Bonus of 10a per share, being at the rate of Lls per cent, per annum on the Capital Stock of the Corporation, has been declared by the Court of Directors payable in London on Ist April, and will bo made available in the colonics on and after the same day. The sum of LIO,OOO has been transferred to the Reserve Fund, raising the Guarantee and Reserve Funds to LBOO,OOO, and leaving L 12,000 as the balance of profit carried forward. B. W. MORRAH, Inspector, Inspector’s Office, Wellington, 12th March, 1887.
FUNERAL NOTICE. THE Friends of Mrs Charles Lorimer and family are respectfully invited to attend tho Funeral of her lato Husband, which will move from her residence. Upper Cargill street, on Thursday, 17th inst., at 2.30 o’clock p.m , for the place of interment at the Southern Cemetery. JOHN GILLIES, Undertaker, 18 George street and 11 Great King street.
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Evening Star, Issue 7161, 15 March 1887, Page 2
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