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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 128, 23 May 1895, Page 4

SOUR GRAPES. fIIHE fox oould not reach the grapes, -*- they were quite beyond him ;bo he eaid they were sour. " Where ignoranoe is bliss, 'lis folly to be wise." Silence is golden, but the drum is a noisy instrument though "quite empty." When you haven't got a Tea Blending business, disparage it— for there is nothing left for yon to do. Ignoranoe regarding Tea Blending is confined to the PEW nowadays ; it would be c pity to enlighten THEM. THE PUBLIC ARE WISE. THEY REGARD THE EMPIRE COMPANY'S BLENDED TEAS AS THE STANDARD TEA OF THB COLON?, BY WHICH THEY COMPARE ALL OTHERS. HE EMPIRE TEA COMPANY Possess a large and increasing business. A typhoon cannot shake it. They lead the trade by knowledge, skill, perseverance, and enterprise— nothing else. The strongest proof of good faith is that their registered trade mark, " EMPIRE TEA CO." is on every Pack«ge. Please note the following brands and prices :— Dbacjon.. .. .. 8/. HotTDAH . . „ 3/EtNGKA Valley .. .. 2/10 Elephant .. ..2/8 Cbbsobnt .. ..2/6 Buffalo .. ..2/4 Empire . . . . ' . . 2/2 Mikado.. .. .. 2/Ceylon, m lead (red and gold label) .. ..2/EMPIRE TEA CO,, W. & G TURNBULL & CO,, Pbopbietobs, Wellington. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. Kew Zealand Branch : Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington, Looal Board of Directors : The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., O.M.G. M.L.O. (Chairman). The Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C., (Deputy Chairman). Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. The Hon. Edward Richardson, O.M.G. John Dunoan. Esq. THE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, AHD MOST PROSPEROUS Australian Lots Oftiob, ahd thb LIBGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The Only Colonial Line Omoi WHICH BEOLABEB A BONUSEVERY YEAR The Method of Valuation adopted by lids Society is of the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Considerably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that held by any other office m the Australasian Colonies. AOCUMULATED~FUND EXCEEDS £12,500,000 (TWELVE AND A HALF MILLIONS) Sterling. ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS £3,000,000 (TWO MILLIONS) STERLING. POLICIES IN FORCE ... 121,473 Bum Assured „ „ £39,510,130 Gash Bonuses Divided .. £6,407,377 BONUSES ! CASH BONUS for ONE YEAR, 1894, £428,020, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £850.000, after making SPECIAL RESERVES. CASH BONUSES declared for last FIVE YEARS, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses exceeding FOUR MILLIONS. assure Four life IR THB A.M.P. SOCIETY and seoure a BONUS EVERY YEAR. EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT, 8 PER CENT. ON THE TOTAL INCOME. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Offioe— OnSIOMBOUSE-QUAX, WeLLIKOHON. Blenheim Agent— JOHN M. HUTCHESON. MONEY TO LEND TJP TO THREE -FIFTHS OF VALUE ON FIRST CLASS FREEHOLD SECURITY, IN SUM 3OF £100 to £10,000, AT SPECIALLY LOW RATES OF INTEREST, which havo just been revised. Full particulars on application to tbe Hkad Offiob, or any Branch or Postal Agency of tho GOVERNMENT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, J. H. BIOHARDSON, Government Insurance Commissioner. | HE Undersigned is a Gash Pa JL chaser of Wool, Hidea, Sheep tkins, Tallow, to, Highest Prices given. J. RAYNEP, £outtisifa>BlQok«iia,