Page 1 Advertisements Column 1

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5550, 23 February 1886, Page 1

Scene: Smoking-room of the club. Time : Any time after midnight. — Jawkingg (newly married man) : "Noj I've really nothing to complain of about my wife, except her memory, but that is awful j she never seems to remember even the most necessary things." Pawkins (married some years) : "Ah ; well, mine was just the same till I found out a perfect cure for it. Whenever ther's anything very particular I want Mrs Pawkins to remember I write it down on a slip of paper, and gnm it on the looking glass ! See ? " Public Companies THE GANTFBBURY Bl ILDING SOCIETY (PERMANENT). Offlcet— 7l, Cathedral square, LOANS GRANTED in ANY [SUMS on ap proved IFREEHOLD SECURITIES. K)80 G. B. HALES, Manager Hotels, DUIT-HDIW /^g^ ALS .<^i ©n Draught 6d. per glass.**" And Cliristciiureli Ale XXX, Primo Condition (Upstairs Hiu\> Splendid BZLLIABD TABLE, fcr Miueiios or Tournaments. CLUB H002.T POH MEETINGS. IiTJITCHHOi* (12 till half- p '.-K r S> XS«— including HetVef-Jrn- r;t. Choice WINSS a.\\& GPliai'G :Vr INVALIDS, qur.'irv c-uir.'-rc-ed, Hop Bitters, &c., &.J Country orders attended to. Terms caali, METROPOLITAN f|l EMPE*?ANCE TT OIEL CASHEL ISTREET, CHRISTCHURCH Containing NEARLY', 51 AA 8091,f8. (Under New Proprietorship since April, 1885..)! This Hotel is the only Boilding!of the Size, Quality and Aooommodation, combined with the other advantages it can offer |in New Zealand ; baincr also BEICZ AND STONE BUILT, CENTRE OP THE CITY, FIVE MINUTES' WALK:OF RAILWAY^STATION JAND POST-OFFICE. FAMILIES Will'flnd no betterJAccommodation anywhere, and on the termß, none as good, aa this Hotel aiforda offering as lit does all the Comforts, with none of the worry, of housekeeping. LADY BOARDERS AND VISITORS Ara specially assured of the Select Character of the METROPOLITAN, both as regards accommo- , Jdation and residents. GENTLEMEN, Whether Boarders or Visitors, will find airy and pleasant bedrooms, large sitting and smoking rooms, lavatory, bath rooms, separate breakfast and dining rooms, the whole pleasantly situate, large, lofty, cheerful, and well ventilated. TEiMS: Per Day, 5a 6d ; per Week, £1 10s ; per 28 days, £5. (Private Aportmonts by Arrangement), Ponnanent Boarders ... £i- 5s per week. Ordinary, from 13 to 2 p.m. ; Table d'Hote, at 6,15 p.m. For further particulars apply on the premises, or, by letter, to MANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, Christchurch. Rev D. M'Lennan, Presbyterian Minister, writes as follows :— "Permit mo to express the gratification I have had to find the Metropolitan Hotel once more raised to its original excellence. " Akaroa, Sept. 15, 1885." 2699