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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4259, 13 November 1874, Page 1

Wanted. WANTED, One Hundred Pick and Shovel Men ; also, a few Platelayers. Highest wages given.- Apply to Peter Stewart, Palmerston North, Manawatu. WANTED, 100 Pick and Shovel Men. Apply to Mr. Kennedy, Hutt; or C. McKirdy, Wellington. w ANTED Carpenters, to dress, tongue, and groove from 6000 to 9000 ft. of totara, Bxl and Bxf, at per square. Also to lay forty square of flooring, ceiling, and lining, at per square. Apply to Mr. B. W. Mills, warehouse, opposite the Police Court. WANTED, a General Servant. Apply between 5 and 6 (evening) to Mrs. Eisher, opposite Woodward-street Bridge. WANTED KNOWN—A Registry Office for Servants is now open at the wellknown premises, Brandon’s Comer, Lambton Quay. Applications from Employers in town or country promptly attended to. S. J. HILL Tobacconist. Hotels. T K I N S O N ’ S HOTEL, Market Square, Wanganui. JAMES J. ANDERSON. PEOPEIETOE. The above Hotel having changed hands, the present Proprietor begs to draw the attention of the public to its improved SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION FOB FAMILIES and TRAVELLERS. The study of the Proprietor will always be to ensure the comfort of his patrons, and to procure none but the very best brands of WINES, SPIRITS & MALT LIQUORS, and trusts, by a strict attention to business, to receive the same liberal amount of support accorded to the late proprietress, Mrs Atkinson. The house-keeping duties of the Hotel will be under the able management of Mrs James Stewabt. SPORTSMAN’S ARMS HOTEL, WAIKANAE. Under the Distinguished Patronage of His Excellency Sir James Eergussou and suite. Conversation on Paikakariki Hill between two travellers—old acquaintances ; “ Hullo, Boss, where have you put in the night?” “Why, at Waikauae. I always manage to make a stage there if possible.” “Is it, a good house?” —“Not a better on the Coast for cleanliness, civility, and the best of everything to eat and drink.” “ But how -was your horse looked after ?” —“ First class ; as much as he could stuff into him, and a dry clean bed.” “ I always fancied a fellow would have the miserables in such a lonely spot ; why, I’m told there is no one to speak to ?” —“ Don’t you believe it ; you put in an hour or two with Jim Erskine or old Tom Wilson, and I’ll guarantee they’ll keep you alive.” “Old whaling yams, I suppose You bet, and good ones too, of forty years ago.” “. Gan you cross from there to Kapiti ? “Yes, Jim keeps a number of good boats, and will cross you any time in fair weather.” “ Any shooting ?”—“ Any amount.” “By Jove ! I’ll put in a week there.”—“Do, you won't regret it.”. “ Well, so long.” E MORTON, C+ "BOOJv§ r E]?£ER and • STATIONER, Greytown, has on hand, and to arrive, a large assortment of BOOKS and STATIONERY, which he sells at Wellington prices. R. M. will OPEN a BRANCH STORE in Masterton as soon as his new premises are completed. The trade supplied. Greytown, Ist May, 1874. 1875. E T T S’ S, DIARIES, LETTS’S DIARIES, LETTS’S DIARIES, Foe 1875, In one hundred varieties of form) size, and price. LYON AND BLAIR, Lambton Quay. publications. The undersigned have just received, ex Mikado, from San Francisco, a case of American Publications. The following is a selection : Trautwlnc’s Kngineers’ Pocket-Book, 2Ss. Henck's Field Book tor Engineers, I3s. 6d. Byrne’s Pocket-Book for Railroad and Civil Engineers, 10s - 6d. , , „ . . ■ Griswold’s Railroad Engineers Pocket Companion for the Field, 10s. 6d. ' Hamilton’s Useful Information for Railway Men, X2s. Od. Ward’s Steam for the Million, fis. 6d. Harrison's Mechanic’s Tool-Book, Bs. 6d. Hatfield’s American House Carpenter, 16s. Simms’s Practical Treatise on Levelling, ISs. 6d. _ Stuart’s How to become a Successful: Engineer- being hints to youths intending to adopt the profession, 3s. Whipple’s Practical Treatise on Bridge Building, 20s. The Young Mechanic, Bs. 6d. Gillespie’s Land Surveying, 15s. Randall's Practical Shepherd, 10s. Od. Spencer’s Social Statics. 12s. 6d. Darwin’s Descent of Man (2 vols.), 21s. Darwin’s Origin of Species, 10s. Huxley’s Origin of Species, Os. Lubbock’s Origin of Civilisation, 10s. 6d. Wheeler's Rural Homes, 10s. Od. LYON & BLAIR. Lambton-quay. Lyon and blair’s new list of books ON SALE. October, 1874. Problems of Life and Mind, by George Henry Lewes ; Vol 1. Autobiography and Memoir of Dr. Thomas Guthrie, by his Sons ; Vol. 1. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.—VoI. 10. The Science of Law, by Sheldon Amos, M; A. Vol. 11. The Animal Frame: or lErial and Terrestrial Locomotion, by C. J. Matey, with 117 engravings, DICKENS'S WORKS.—New Illustrated Household Edition. Volumes now published are jsarnaUy Rudge, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperlicld, Bleak House, Little Dorrit. , , Nancy, a now novel, by the author of Red as a Rose is She,” “ Cometh up as a Flower," &c., &c. A Princess of Thule, a new novel by William Black, author of “ In Silk Attire,” “ Daughter of Heth,” Strange Adventures of a Phseton, a new novel, by the same author as “A Princess of Thule," &c. London Journal, Vol. 59, to July, 1874 The cabinet edition of Mr. Tennyson’s works ; vol. 1, Early Poems, with photographic portrait; vol. 2, English Idylls and other poems Farjeon’s Christmas Stories, bound in one volume The Fair Haven, by Butler, author of ’’Erewhon" _ The Albert N'Yanza Great Basin of the Nile, by Sir Samuel Baker _ The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, by Sir Samuel al Selection, a series of essays by A. R. Wallace, ithorof the "Malay Archipelago tus Mundi: the Gods and Men of the Heroic ge, by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone Ecology and Theologians of Scotland, by James 1 andthe'Steam Engine (Land and Marino), by enry Evers, L.L.D. & BLAJR _ Australasian and Australasian SKETCHER received regularly, and sold at Melbourne prices as follows Australasian, delivered in town, 26a. per annum. „ „ Cd. single copy. ” posted to the country, 30s. per annum. Sketchcr (monthly), delivered in town, 6s. Cd. per annum. . , , ~ „ 6d. single copy. ” ~ posted to the country, 7s. Cd. per annum. LYON & BLAIR, Booksellers, Stationers, and ' Nows Agents, Booki binders, Engravers, and General Printers, Lambton Quay, 'Wellington.