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Thames Star, Volume XX, Issue 6131, 29 November 1888, Page 2

A Local Institution. } — ♦— ;— Throughout the Province of Auckland, one of the best and most favorably known I names in the tea and coffee business is that of Jag. McGowan. Since he located himself on the Thames in 1870, he has enjoyed a large share of the trade in the above lines; and having laid himself a^t for general supplies, he does the leading trade in staple groceries. He started on the right theory of giving the Tery beat quality of goods at reasonable prices. Under his guidance McGowan's 8s tea has become one of the Institutions of the Thames. The business has reached large proportions, and as it grows older enjoys solidity. It is always a pleasure to deal with a responsible concern, where goods and prices pq be relied on. Bent on improvements for the convenience of his trade, he proposes clearing out earthenware and^glass at cost price op to 'Xoias., This will be an opportunity for the supply: of household requisites that all should avail themselves of.—[Advt.]

It is Di' o Portugaloff, a ftussian physi oiao, who has discovered that a man can't drink whisky after taking strychnine. It did not require a.gentleman with such & remarkable international name to find that oat. A great many men knew that strychnin® would disqualify a person for drinks log irhipky or auytbieg ejge, -'■■•,