T-v A VII), T> TONES - ! Wholesale and Retail ' TINSMITH, I>LUISIBKR, &c, . .. Waiorongoumi, Te Aj-oha. ■ ' Estimate* for Work of Every Descnptirtn. Corrugated Iron Tanks on Hand or Made to Order.
pHABLKS JOHNSON BEICKLAYEE, BRIDGE STREET, TE ABOHA. BRICKS OF ALL KINDS, LIME, AND CEMENT, Always on Hand. NOTICE.
W. GREY
DESIRE? to notify the Public of Te Aroha and the Surrounding Districts that he has PURCHASED the DERATED WATEtt and CORDIAL Manufacturing Business of Mr A. VV. Taylor. W.G. hopes by courtesy and strict attention to Business to merit a continuation of favors accorded to his predecessor. W.G. also desires to inform the public that; New and Improved Machinery is being- added to that already in use and he will be in <i position to turn out Articles of the FINEST QUALITY with DESPATCH. Signed. WALTER GREY.
mESTIMONIALS TO JjUJSTT'd COLONISTS 1 VJUID'"
AND CYCLOPEDIA OP TfSEFUL KNOWLEDGE " NOWLKDUIS, BEING
A COMPENDIUM OP INFORMATION B\ PRACTICAL COLONISTS UPON FARMING, HORTICULTURE, AND ALI SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO KEW ZEALAND SETTLERS.
Edited by Thomson W. Leys.
The publisher has nnich pteasure in acknow1 icing receipt of the fullowinj? tcstimoni ; iom well-l nown agriculturalists and ot)»ci i-rnetical colonists on the value of the abovo wurk :—
'' he fnllowinp letter is from Mr .Tame« Wat. (. \OS Hi 1-iilc i'apaniitoi. Asono of ihe mop" i.ici iti Hnd buofob&iul Peltiers in thy Aui Ulan' U:riu. luo oi'inioti i<- of groat value. "Sir.,— l have looked forward with a con dpsrrco of in fo reBt to the publication o: ktt's Colonists' "iuiDi;. anrl cm now saj .it, it lias tui* ex* -s«de<l my expectation C avlly a ay y issps without my fijiaing -oim t tug m it^- pn .c.s Itoth interesting and instriii • ivo It is a book that should be in evo n s'-iilt's lu'iiso in th« col"ny. The portio. 'ovoted to f.-w.ning: is full of reliable inf< rma tion, and 1 have no hesitation in saying that it i<i he most ci'iiiprehrnsivo and u>cf ul guide for a New Zealand oulonist ever published."
From Sir G^orgt? Grey, K.C.B.— •' My dear , 1 ha\ ' k. j>; i>. constant use for «p« .irds «< \a iroiiths tne ci.py of Bkktt's Coionis'is?" .LTDE AND G'VCLOIVEDIA OF USBFUI KNOWu iigk which you were ppod enough to sen r ' ■u<\ I have tected it in many ways upon a urresi' ya-jietyof useful subjects and am f-at isfled thai it is b> far the best work of the kind I 1 ax c cv--<con. I fool that its merits and usefulness in ru1 ition to all practical aubje ts. on which a s tiler's co 111 1 if ori and success neppn'i rf>nrlf>r it n neccssarv appi-ndancto avery home in Z n'and.— Faithfully yours, G. Gxtisi. — Kawau January 7tti, 18b4."
Mr John Wallacr, of Park Waiuku (formerly of Kl.it luvli), who is one o< our earliest settlers, and has Ik en for man) vcars e.losoly cm nectcd wit'i every < fTort to pro 'note the agricultural interests of the AuJtlam" district, writes »s follows :— " Dkar Srit,— T have much pleasure In addiiv my mite in warm commendation of Bkkit'sColonists' Guit.e. It is a book that should be not only in every farmer's library, hut ->.nul< 1 also he on ever colonist's book shelf, no mat'ei in what line of co-onial industry he or she ina> be en^iiKod 'I here is information fur a. l. In looking back over h p»rod of i I y pars' of h.ird colomal work how much valuable time and money inighthavobeensuvcd ifatthe bcffinuiiiKsu^ha fund of infonmition had been available to pruidt us as is now within the reach of al! in the shape of Hrett's Guide. Colon sis, who desire to bt wortl-y of the numo, should not, from its ele . r ant apiien ranee or the quality of tho material, make it a drawing - room book, to hi looked at and admired as one would a picture or a cwi'i; they phould have it on the mantle-shelf, the sofa, or the corner of the taolo ; in fact, anywhere so thai the eye of Faihcr, Mother. Jolinny, and Jenny, and oven the helps may have a chance of looking at it during spare minures in the heat of summer or (he inclemency of winter. M) ' th'ett lias shown pluck in bringing out such » book. hfcS been exceedingly fortunate in the S'-lcction of his contributors, and 1 sincerely hope it will prove a ilnancial success."
Mr Georgb Holpbiiip, Managing Director of the Auckland fiinbcr Company and a practical colonist of lon>? experience, writes:— "Mr,— l have lookid over your Skttlbks Guide and consider it one of the most useful iind valuublt; bonks for tho New Zealaiu 1 settler ever published The information is so varied, and the advice so practical. A singlt paragraph will often be found worth more than the cost of the book. Mr T. W. Hiokson, Vstate Agent, Auckland, has contrii utcd the following:— "I have much pleasure in stating that, having carefully examined into Bke'it's Colonists' (Jpide. 1 h.ive no hcbitntion in saying 1 consider it good value for the v.'ke asked for it in fact, worth ten and twenty timo 3 the money to almost anj oue engaged iv rural industries. From a Pukekohe Settler. Pukekohe, December 1, 1888. *' Dear Sm,--I have recently been presented by a friend of mine with a copy of your valuable work, 'I he < olonists' Guipß. It contains well written article* on nearly every subject of interest to the settler, except religion, with which it does not muddle. 1 nose articles are evidently written ty practloal men, and contain the result of muchtsxperience in a compact and readable form. Thus we have, descriptions ot fie bes breads of, Horses/ Cattle, feheep, Poultry, etc., eto , for this part of the world ; and there is alno a well-made digest of such laws of New Z aland as are'cif special "interest to the ordinary suit r ; in 1 od. the bo kis a real Vado'Moeum, ' and should be in the tiossepsion of evpry settler in th ■ ' 'olony, - Yotu'a respectfully, W, H, Mawll." . \
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Te Aroha News, Volume 1, Issue 45, 12 April 1884, Page 8
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