NOTABILIA!

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 58, 22 October 1881, Page 92

NOTABILIA!

— On Monday next, Messrs B. Tonks and Co. will sell 10-ftttlis of the Brigantine Ethel. — Our readers are reminded that this is the last week for the purchase of tickets in Bridges' Victorian Art Union. There are only a few tickets left. — On Wednesday next, Messrs Tonks and Co. will sell, at their Mart, a larg assortment of German and French Pianos, and Wilcox and White Organ. — Messrs John Reid and Co., 26, Queen-street, supply single bottles of wine, spirits or cordials at wholesale prices, delivered with their celebrated bottled ale or stout. — On Monday next Mr Arthur will sell the plant and stock of* the Eoyal Standard Coach Factory. This sale is of importance to coach builders and othersill the horse and carriage trade. —Intending subscribers to Flemming and Stapleton's sweep should apply early, as it is fast filling up, and will be drawn positively on the 31st. Mr Jones, tobacconist, is the local agent. — Mr C. E. Johnson lias opened a shop in Queen-street for the sale of Burnetts renowned nork pies and small goods. As the shop is opposite the New Zealand Insurance Buildings, persons residing near the wharf will find the new establishment convenient. — No man can feel thoroughly independent if his cloches are not pnid for. So avoid the misery of feeling you are covered all over with debt, and try a suit of clothes from Messrs Munro and Milligan, and again, as McLachlan McGowan says " There's nothing like it." — « With this ring, I thee wed." These wordsare found in a servico familiar to all, commencing with the words " Dearly Beloved," and ending with " amazement," and there is no doubt that it often does ond in amazement, especially if the ring is not good. To avoid this, get one from Mr Singleton, the jeweller, of Hobson. and Victoria-streets. — Mr Wm. Frank Buckland comes forward as candidate for Franklin North, Mr E. Mitchelson goes for Marsden, and Major William Jackson for Waipa— ' all good men and true. But what is the use of having good men in Parliament unless you enjoy good health. Then vote for the best man, and stick to Crawford's. Sarsaparilla Tonic, and, as McLachlan McGowan says,. " There's nothing like it." — " The whisper of a beautiful ,woman," saysBalzac, " can be henrd further than the loudest call of' duty." But the man who is creeping upstairs with his boots off at 2 o'clock a.m. and hears the whisper of his. wife as she leans over the bannisters in the dark, doesnot think of her beauty. His chief thought is how much he would like to exchange his boots (although they were made by the well-known firm of Garrett Bros* Wakefield-street) for a pair of wings. — A remarkable case of insanity. A gentleman,, walking in Queen-street yesterday, was accosted by an. entire stranger to him, who said, " Bid you ever thank God that you had not lost your mind." The gentleman, in a surprised tone, said, " I cannot say that I ever did.** The stranger replied, " You ought to do so daily, for I have lost mine. Let me then caution you. Don't dwell on one idea. I have done so, and it has driven me mad, I am a one idea man, and there are many such, in Auck* land. The gentleman at once took the lunatic into a grocery store and gave him a canister of the Moa Brand Baking Powder. "Take that," said he, "use it and your one idea will soon grow into many ideas. Call on Sharland and Co. for further instructions."