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Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11888, 11 May 1899, Page 2

Business Notices. * ABOUT TAILOR-MADE AND OTHER THINGS. NOT SO. LONfG AGO . Taaor-madeCostnmeffwererused formoming-or travelling -wear only, NOW' FICKLE FASHION has-changed all that, and ladies who aspire to be .•;^.-k'^' ; .: "■'<' ---- "*-"•' modish don Tailor-made Costiunes at all hours and on all sorts of occasions. , • , These garments are so usefuhso comfortable and _ SO BECOMING i . they.suit everyone. They.are adapted for ladie. 1 ofaU.ages,darkorfair, short, tall, or medium, \ MISS OR MADfcAM . . j .... One striking advantage possessed by iauor, made Costnmes in addition to those already • ■ enumerated, is that each comprises A DOZEN TOILETS IN ~,/..,.„ ONE » ' . . « ■ endless modifications of the original toilet oemj / > attainable-by \ A JUDICIOUS < « . ■ CHAMCINQ OF VESTS A coßtvinoing proof of the becomingness of tne.< Tailor-made cosftnae is the fact that gentlemer invariably approre of it. * Of coarse the Tailor-built Costume must be SELECTED WITH , . JUDGMENT, « » and in order to exercise judgment, ladies must purchase-at some establishment where^h&choiee offeredis large and well assorted' AND THAT* IS WHERE ■' WE COME IN. READY MADE IT SUITS THE FIGURE AS NOTHING ELSE . DOES . . . . . ~We not only, make these useful, comfortable, durable, and-fashionable costumes to measure on our own premises, affording ladies a bewildering variety of v material, English and Colonial, to select from| but we keep an enormous stock o these-cosiumes for-the-convenience of ladies who require some thing "for "immediate use; A well made, costume lasts a long time, and looks:well until it is worn out. .It is durable warm, and-cosy, and AS MILLINERS we acknowledge no superiors. , Our Millinery Department is-exfcremely popular with the ladies of Canterbury. They know that so - far as-our trade is concerned, we bring ' ,-■ LONDON AND PARIS to doors, so to speak, and that we are never behind the times. They know that the latest London and Parisian .novelties- in Millinery are always to be found in our show rooms almost as quickly as they are seen in Eegent Street or Bond Street, or in the fashionable magazines of the Paris Boulevards. We are showing just now some specially attractive-shipments of stylish hats, -bonnets and ", toques, including the large velvet hats so im jnenselypopularfor-winter wear, and that other • ' fashionable novelty in hats known as the "Gardener's Daughter," also the new style of toques as now worn in London. FANCY GOODS „\.,~ -»~Jnßt to hand by the s.s. "Maori" and other ■*- " , , arrivals are exquisitely beautiful. They. : '-." } ' r „- - inter-aliaiimilea'of lovely-ribbons-in all ,"'. '""'.',(", r % ,- ' ihe latest sliades,!and adapted to all purposes . ' ''.>'" ' '"',,. beautiful lace (and lace waanever more-fashion- ' • • able than at-fche for the embellishment of the dinner toilet, opera, wedding and 1 ' ' reception dresses, handkerchiefs (some of them veritable works of art), frillings, veilings, etc. LADIES' UMBRELLAS AND SUWSHADES. These we have in bewildering variety of effects. In a changeable climate such as ours, umbrellas are indispensable, not merely for personal com fort; but to protect the wearing apparel. They soon flftvfrtheir cost,-and it is no economy to be without one. W. Strang the furnishing of houses PAIiAGE. *Jj&, HIGH STREET. ' TELEPHONE 896. BUTTESfrom ... • XAKBLE-TOP WASHSTANDS from WAEDBOBES, with GLASS DOOES, from BrDEBOABDS,'wita.GIiASS BACKS, froi CHESTERFIELD SETTEES, in VELVET, from... SOm», in CKBTONNE, SEEGE, etc, from ... 7 10 0 1 10 0 3 0 0 2 17 6 4 10 0 6 6 0 DBAWINGiBOOM:'SUITES,is GENOA VELVET and PLUSH, from J2 \Q Q 1 " • -HOTSM FURNISHED AT ANY PRICE .; !'■;: ' WITH CROCKERY AND HARDWARE. titure all arranged ready for the purchaser to step into—Pree of charge.. TWO BOOMS THREE BOOMS .... TOUBBOOMS i £7 10 0 ■„*ls 0, 0 And so on tip to £2OOO. '■* OCR SELECTION OP CARPETS, LINOS, FLOOBCLOTHS, MATTING, BOGS, ETC., UUJt VB Ax 9 without doubt THE BEST IN TOWN. INSPECTION INVITED. ■ "^HQLESALEWAEEHOUSE : .LIC!HPIELI) STREET. , ""'"'"''"'■'";""' ■'■'' T..G. iSHMAN, Manage: ORAM'S HEAD SHIBP-BUA N DIN Q OIL • <* GREAT STBESGTH 0* COM>OB and BCOKOM3CA& TO USE, Boss Not'Set Hard in th« Drums,«nd» pree from T*r and Other lnjarkms Materials. ' ." ' /', BLACK AND BLTTE. 4 ' -•' - IN DEOTttS A&DONE-GALLON TINS. WHOLESALE— - t ,:SMITES AWB; : SMITR. dunedin. \H TWS. PROVWC£ IfEPAiRSBEST tH™ '■ AND JE\NEA.\.tfe - /as, //ion sr