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Otago Witness, Issue 2356, 20 April 1899, Page 11

'•• * - Business Notices. — j BROAD. SMALL. <fc CO., '■ *'" INVERCARGILL. - HARDWARE, WOOD WARE, & TIMBER MERCHANTS AND BUILDERS' IRONTIVCONrGEiRS. "We hold Large and Well-assorted Stocks of BUILDING ' MATERIALS, and give the LOWEST QUOTATIONS procurable. ESTIMATES given for full Specifications at AMY RAILWAY STATION in OTAGO or SOUTHLAND. o lMBERsuppliedR supplied Direct from SAWMILLS, or from our Yard in INVER -- ' OARGILL. TRY OiR PRfCBS. THE LEADING HOUSE FOR MEDIUM AND HIGH-CLASS FURNITURE. Four-Boomed Cottage Furnished Fotj. £37 lOs. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. HIGH AND RATTRAY STREETS, DUJNEDIN. B H ALLEN STEIN, P LAING, Chairman of Director?. Mancger. Wij THE AGE OF INQUIRY. A Ms M c P resen * een c[ escr ibed as prefp Mfl eminently the century of inquiry. MttgK The constant and universal question that is jBB echoed from every side, is "Why?" Ask any of MSB your friends why they prefer "Van Houten's Cocoa JEMfSa to any other, and one will immediately tell you "it jragjgf nas tne highest nutritive value ; " another will uM re Pty "i* l& more easily digested and assimilated HgjgS than other cocoas;" and a third will probably §Hgß answer "it is perfect in flavor, and rich in healthy HE stimulating properties." H^J In reply to the question "Why?" the Lancet says : — " Van Houten's Cocoa yields a maximum 9B proportion of the valuable food constituents of the .bean." Why is it the best for children, for mothers, and for family use ? Because it is rich in that digestible Albumen which nourishes the body, and in the Phosphates which build up bones and tissues ; because it repairs waste ; and also because you can get out of it more strength and nourishment than out of any other. BE SURE YOU TRY VAN HOUTEN'S Eating CHOCOLATE,

The South Aust-'un Premier intends to force through au « establishing hrusehoUl Buffrage lor the* ljCßislntive CounrJl. A large numtie.r of ■huslifdifrj Ar« leaving the DannevrJke and! Korf ewnod "s * ( s "for •Poverty Bay,, where a considerable r.'rea o€ land is being Cleared*

There is a movement on foot in Temuka to establish an amateur operatic company in that township. An old man who was picked up drunk by (the Hobart poiice, the other day", had £4- 10s in gold on him, and bank deposit leceipts to the amount of £1060.