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Southland Times, Issue 13738, 27 April 1897, Page 3

Cheap American Tyres : A Caution.— I deem it my duty to the local public among whom my lot has been cast for the past 25 years to caution them against purchasing cycles fitted with cheap American tyres. (No good wheel is so fitted.) They are a delusion and a snare, unprofitable _ alike to owner and repairer. It happens just now that several persons are endeavouring to foist upon the public, wheels fitted with such tyres, never intended for honest service, and at best will not stand more than a very few weeks’ wear on our roads. Insist upon an absolute guarantee with every machine you purchase and take good care that the tyres are included. I give such guarantee.with every wheel I sell. Consider then if it is not to your advantage to buy from an agent of known local standing, permanently established among you and whose long and practical experience in the trade qualifies him for a continuance of your confidence and who knows just what he is selling you and who sells only good honest reliable wheels. Before you buy call and have a chat withß. W. Jones, Dee Street, agent for Swifts and A well-known firm of publishers, desiring to obtain a window in St. Paul s Churchyard for the day of the Queen s visit to the Cathedral on Diamond Jubilee Day, was asked for a room about 16 feet square, possessing two windows each less than tour feet wide, at one place L2OO and at another L3OO. And the proprietors were by no means anxious to close at those prices, taking the view that it would be easy to get another LlOO later on. W. Lewis & Co. are exhibiting a magnificent assortment of the very latest novelties for Autumn and Winter. They were specially selected by our buyer in Britain and the Continent. Our Colonial Blankets and Flannels are unexceptional in make and all Summer finished. We fearlessly assert we are offering the best value in| all depart meats that pan be procured anywhpie,