BUSINESS NOTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2068, 20 December 1907, Page 3

BUSINESS NOTES.

Business in. the timber line is. dently on the move. Messrs Cave and Veale. Auckland timber millers of many years experience, have erected premises at the top end of Gladstone Road and -will be ready for business by the Now Year. Icey have two 12-horse power portable engines installed and planing and hand •re-sawing machines. -The rest of their machinery will arrive shortly and they claim to have the most up-to-date plant in Gisborne for handling dressed (lines. Moulding and lines will be the principal work unueifor harvesting are wanted by Mr. Geo. Barron. A sheep dog which has been lost Is advertised for. To-day is the (last discount day for accounts owing to the Gisborne Gas Company. . nr,, r? In this mornings issue Mr. It. Robertson, mercer, clothier, and hatter, “on the corner,” has a new advertisement drawing attention to his largo stock of men s ready-tip-wear suits, specially made for and holiday time. He has 2UU w choose from of exclusive designs and patterns. He has also landed for Christmas trade novelties of all de scriptions suitable- for presents. . A thousand Romney-cross wether lambs are advertised for sale. A married shepherd is advertised Two boys are wanted at the GisboAt6someVetro'uble a limited number of shares in the Graeefiekl Syndicate have been secured to offer to the Gisborne public, and those having £lO or £2O to invest should not pass this proposition by without first making full inquiry as to its possibilities. The congestion of the population of Wellington is forcing its residents to seek and obtain residential sites in the suburbs even at prices which to us would appear phenomenal The promoters of the syndicate consider that the profits from the sale of this property will probably reach £50,000. Further information, may be obtained from vY. Lib san't Clayton. . , , A plasterers’ laborer is wanted. To-day Messrs. E. .£• Malcolm and Co under instructions from Mis. Bucekridge, will sell a line of household furniture. . Mr D. J. Barry asks patrons, m avoid disappointment, to book their Christina's orders by to-morrow. vj r j>. T. Konwav s residence at Whata upoko, with 36 acres of land, is advertised to let. Tenders for the erection of the now Garrison Hall will lie received by Mrjy j. Wilson up to January 7tli, Hph 0 Customs statistics show that +i. B average value of tea imported into New Zealand is 29 per cent, higher than in Australia and 21 per cent 3ii Mier than in England. Ihis proves that the residents ol the Dominion are getting better qualify tea than aro tlio people of Australia and England. Messrs -Nelson, Monte and Co., Ltd., attained their position as the largest importers of tea in New Zealand by always .giving „ 00 d quality,-and they maintain that ft is duo to their having done so that the average value of tea imported is so much ahead of Australia and England. .