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The Hon. W. M. Larnach was banquettcd ;ib tho Peninsula, Otago, on Friday evening , . Referring to the money spent by him in acquiring landed property on the Peninsula, and in effecting improvements, the hon. gentleman said :—" I may say Miat I am not one of those who care to hoard money up. I may, perhaps, by some people be considered extravagant; but I think that even a policy of what people are pleased to term extravagance is better in a country like this than u policy of miserly habits — (applause) — which some people seem to possess; and I have this satisfaction in leaving here, that I leave behind me a monument of what 1 consider enterprise. Some friends may consider it folly, but it is a kind of folly, 1 think, I should be guilty of again if the circumstances were similar, and 1 had to go through life again. Purchasers of Crockery and Glassware will find it much to their advantage, before selecting elsewhere, to inspect Boylan Tanlield & Co.'s immense stock, which for extent and variety is unequalled in the colony, and bona fide importers of their own goods, they can confidently challenge a comparison of their prices with other housesThe fact, however, that in nineteen cases out of twenty parties return and place their orders with them after making inquiries all round, speaks for itself, and is the best prooi that the public rind theirs is the cheapest and best house to deal with.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9187, 17 October 1888, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9187, 17 October 1888, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9187, 17 October 1888, Page 5