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Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9309, 22 February 1899, Page 2

FOR ONE MONTH. Surplus Sale. Great Reductions on Summer Goods. Peter McGregor Having bought too heavily this season, will hold a Great Clearing Sale AT PHENOMENAL PRICES. The shop, being small, goods must be sold to make room for stock arrivi ing in March. Prints, Linens and Ginghams at gost .price. - SUMMER DRESS GOODS—No rea- ' eonable offer refused. Children* Straw Hats —Very heavily i stocked; the prices will surprise ' you. Sun Bonnets from Is 6d to 2s 6d; worth 3s to 5s 6d; simply given away. Ladies' Strow Hats at tremendous reJ ductions. ' All Hats bought during the sale will j be trimmed free of cost. Children's Silk Embroidered Cosi tumes. Some very choice goods ! will be sold regardless of cost. Hosiery, Gloves, Lace-Capes, Umbrellas, Cornets, Millinery, Trim- ' mings all at greatly reduced prices. Men's, Youths' and Boys' Shirts, Flannels, Under Pants, Sox, Braces, Ties, Collars, Studs, Hard and Soft Felt Hats and Golf Caps; must be cleared. PETER McGREGOR intends to I make the greatest slaughter of goods I he has ever done to reduce his stock. I SPECIAL BARGAINS for everybody for ONE MONTH ONLY. Don't Miss the Golden Opportunity. P. McGregor, Gash Draper and Clothier POII/EN Si BEET. AUCKLAND EXHIBITION Cheap Excursion for School Chi dren. IN order to give the School Children of the Thames 8n opportunity of visiting the Auckland Exhibition the .Northern Steamship Ccmpany have decided to run an EXCURSION on Saturday Next, per p.s* Wakatere, leaving Goods Wharf at 6.30 morniug, leaving Auckland at 3 afternoon. School Children, Return Pare, ONE SHILLING. Adults, in charge of children, 2s 6d. Children holding Excursion Tickets will be admittad to the Exhibition on payment of 3d. H. C GILLESPIE, Agent.

They say you can buy Summer dress gcods at about one third their usual price frcm W. S. Wtlib. If the articles offered were flimsy rubbish it might be necessary to say all we could in their favour, but the excellent value in dress fabrics sold by W. S Wtlib speaks for itself We understand the-ie lovely materials are to be cl ared out r g irdlessof cost previous to taking stock,— Advt.

An old Auoklande<-, writing from S»n Francisco, says :— •' Do you remember a man who had a show up in Karaugahape Road ? He w:-.s taid to be a clairvoyant. His name was James Beor 1. I often hear of him now, and indeed see him a good deal: Papa Beard is to-day one of the most esteemed students at the Medical College here. He stands as high as a mau can in the heart's of his fellows, y.iu know, old fellow, what medical students v«t.a in your day? Well, they are the same tow, But if they are bad, wild devils, they have that keen appr<ciation of good that eventually turns them out the real men that fiarht di-"ease and death That has made them appreciate ' Papa Beard,' as they alnrays ca 1 him. They have elected him president of the Associated Students of the Californian Medical College, the highest honour they could confer on him. I asked one of their leading men, Why f Well, he is like Shakespere's Troilus, and ' never dignified an impure thought with breath.' We have yet to hear him use a foul word, or swear, or lie If * Papa Beard' cays ' yes,' you can go and bet for all on that.' Yes.' Another thing, he has totted up 88 per cent at every examination for the past three and a-half years, and will surely get his M.D. in a month or two He is a real good one. And he h&s done all this against fearful odds."

Ci esp Jam Fru't—Plums, in quantities for preserving, Susjar 2|d per lb, Mason's fruifc jars 4s 9d pt-T dozen. Jelly jars with tin lids 4s 6d per 2 dnzen, also rubber rings tot Mason's jars, English vinegar and pickling spices at W Wood'm.

Jxist opened one case of sample Gems hats to be sold at landed cost at A. J, and ii. laviNUß, PoUeo street.—[Advt].