Page 5 Advertisements Column 1

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10423, 22 April 1897, Page 5

I! . The executive of the Gardeners' Royal ■ Benevolent Institution (of which the Queen 9 V has been the patroness for forty-five years) I : have determined to endeavour to celebrate /Wl t : the sixtieth year of her reign by establish- / ill ' n K a special fund, to be called " The Vic/If - ton Era Fund," the income from which H shall be devoted to affording temporary j." - assistance to those applicants who are ~§ j§*> -Waiting to be placed on the pension list, if; :'|t' and who have been subscribers to the ; V &?* institution. The committee consider that '! $*. .»sum of ab least £5000 will be required Y' fi 'to enable them adequately to carry out , - what they propose; and this, in addition to vi > the amount required to meet the usual 1 >.;J' yearly outgoings of the institution, wnich f| '0 exceed £3000, the sum paid at the present ■;'/ iV;; time in pensions alone being £2840. The ,! f&'. committee appeal to every lover of gardenv| 2?.'s ; lsg and flowers to aid in raising these fa m- sums. ft &: A writer in a horticultural journal says |f Use the graceful wild grasses as well as the , cultivated ones for table decorations as long & |fi 'is they can be had. These grasses come in ■ij iijh great variety, and are beautiful and deco* £ wtive. | FeS; The steamer Maori will run an excursion to E & the Wade races to morrow. , ' i: {•Si' The Ferry Company run excursions to ot, £> {$>' Heliers Bay mid Lake Takapuna this after- § fff : aoon- & fife The annual meeting of the Mb Albert rate- ¥ .te,WfW.*W be held on May 3. ■' fggv; The 'quarterly meetings of the National fe $ Association (Auckland section) are to be held §j this afternoon. Members and friends are & BotiSed ! of the particulars in our advertisement columns, The council hold »conference - .fe'fjwith the delegates in the afternoon,. And the ' evening meeting will be devoted to discussion I M*« " The Present Political Issues." _ L- prnviltmn. Samuel Vaile and Sonk hold their | fg: Waal sale of real estate to-morrow, when they m will submit a superior residence in Princes--1 IPS! lr «et. Albert Park, two cottages at Archlull, i m a "i also the.' property at Taurauga com--5! 'te pt j'. l W®2 acres, and known »» '• FeroollK . '! WM i! . Messrs. Gabriel Lewis and/ Co. call attenIf tiou to the sale of tools, lathe, and other if if . requisites to-day also some '400 volume* 01 1 Kientific and useful books will be offered. ; ■ v ' ° ¥' v e a,' Chinaman » ; dish. of truffle* is % fey - e giving a donkey strawberries, wee verso, I iSR# to advise a person with a' bad cough or cold m md to take a bottle of Woods' Great Peppermint M «ty' f yoii do them ail everlasting service— 'I SfeWWl worship you, fur evermore. What . met One and six, plea**.