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New Zealand Mail, Issue 866, 5 October 1888, Page 1

WILLIAM DAWSON & CO. '.Tron MERCHANTS. WHOLESALE & RETAIL IRONMONGERS. T~|j~AVE JUST RECEIVED their New Season’s Stock of— Agricultural, Pastoral, and Garden Tools. COMPRISING : SPADES, SHOVELS, ■ SCYTHES, REAPING HOOKS, HAY FORKS, HAY RAKES, „ nT!K -a MANURE PORKS, DIGGING FORKS. WARD AND PAYNE’S CELEBRATED ALL STEEL SHEEP SHEARS, No. 38, ••- WITH STRAP. _ tjtsa BURGON AND BALL’S CELEBRATED SHEEP SHEARS, No. 11 A., andB.B.A. BEST SELECTED IhEAK STONES. LAWN MOWERS, GARDEN ROLLERS, GARDEN RAKES, GARDEN HOSE, GARDEN TOOLS in Sets Complete, . . . GRAFTING TOOLS, &c., &c„ &o. —DAIRY UTENSILS— . TMTO<S MILK PANS, MILK BUCKETS, MILK SKIMMERS, MILK STRAINERS, CHURNS, BUTTER PRINTS, &0., &c., &c., WAREHOUSES and SHOWROOMS— Grey, Featherston, Panama, and Brandon Streets, “ Pits like a Glove ” THOMSON’S OLOTEFirtfflG m Trade Mark, Thb PerfectioDioi.Shape, Finish, and Durability, and approved by the whole polite world. OYER 5,000,000 ALREADY SOLDbe had of all Dealers throughout Australasia. W. S. THOMSON & Co., Ltd., London, Manufacturers. See that every Corset is marked “THOMSON’S GLOVE-FITTING, and hears our Trade Mark, the Crown. No others are genuine. TRADE JOITAGE mumDTABIE MARK LIN 1887.—FIFTIETH SEASON.-1887. DURING the last five-and-twenty yearß the number of Billiard Tables in use has multiplied fifty-fold. The game in years past was an expensive luxury, enjoyed only by the rich Now. however, the game is placed within the reach of all. We* would particularly call the attention of private familes to our most recent inven-tion-the Cottage Billiard and Dining Table—as those who can afford a Be P^ at eJ°°m f q* Billiards are, of course, somewhat limited; but by means of.these convertible tables one room suffices for the ordinary purpose of a Dining Room as well as a Billiard Room , and the tables are bo constructed that they can be adapted for rooms of Bmall size, and dine from 10 4 We woul°d also call attention to the fact that we have .now arrangements to lend out on hire-on the hire-parohase system—all descriptions of tables at, very moderate rentals, for fixed p iods. This is a new feature of our business, and is becoming ery popular. ONE OF THE BEST INVENTIONS OF MODERN TIMES Che Patent Extra Low ‘ Cold-Resisting Billiard Cushions.’ WHICH NEVER GETS HARD IN COLDEST CLIMATE. Messrs BURROUGHES & WATTS having a special method of preparing India-rubber tor the Manufacture of their Billiard Cushions, claim for them-Tbe most perfect truthof %Dgle. They are quite noiseless and the fastest. Never get hard, always the same. win eland summer. Always keep their shape. Balls do not jump. No countryhouseshoud be without them. The table always in perfect order. Old tables can be fittedt with these cushions on the premises by our own men. We can lend spare sets of cushions, so yourj able ia nofc out# of play during ulterationß, No. 131* J*©jnbton-quay.