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Business Notices UNDBE FIEE. "Hold low, hold low!" the officers shout, as we blase away at indistinct masses, the faint outlines •f which eon bo oeen becaeiosally as tbe dense volumes of smoke roll away ; poor Browu has part of his faoe c hot away, and groans horribly. Good Heavens 1 what a babel of sounds I Some are euritittg and swearing at slight wounds, and longing for revenge ; others are praying to be killed out of their agony. The boom of the cannon and rattle of musketry sound liko fiends striving for tlie victory ; tho buliote whiz over our beads like hail, and now and otaiu tbe peculiar thud, as they find a rest in the head or body of a comrade, tells its own tale. The artillery ploughs long laneß through our ranks, with eickening effect, and yet the onler to charge comes not. ' We all (that are not wounded) experience one burning deßire to get to oloso quarters with the enemy. At last the charge is sounded, and with a yell that fiends would be proud of, we clear the intervening space, bayoneting and clubbing like devils incarnate. We are mad, raving mad for the time. I have an idea that Z am wounded, but I beed it not; I catch a glimpse of the butt end of a musket above my head, bur I run my bayonet through the body of its owner, to the hilt. I try in vain to withdraw it ; my head ■wimp, everything (teems mixed up, I fall, and know no more until I And myenlf in an hospital, among the Bick, wounded ana dying ; aid, through the long, weary days that followed, tbe soothing, comforting influence of TAYLOE k PAPPS' Bu2h»e» T»i, at ls lOd per lb, I shall ever remember. HAVING PUECHAS&D a LAEGE LTNE of BLENDED TEA at 8d per lb below the real value, wo are prepared to otfer every indnoe. ment to Cash Customers to try it. We have such confidence in tho merits of this Tea that we are willing to pay half the postage fee upon ilb samples, and deliver a 101 b tin f re-j of chargo to any Eailway Statiou in Canterbury. Although the Tea is honestly worth 2b 6d per lb, we shall cell at Is l<)d. Send 13 stamps sample \l», and P. 0.0. for 18s Od (payable to Taylor and Pappe) for a 101 b tin. A splendid line of 200 boxes of Tea will be sold at ooet price, 12s, worth 14s Cd 1 A nicely-flavoured Cougou, at la 2d per lb I White Crystal Sugar, ajd per lb j No*.* Jam. 0d per tiu I Beet While Tapiocn. olb for ls Beet White Sugo, Mb for ls JBest Japan Eice, 51b for Is. Pearl Barlov, 51b for li Bigh-teHt Keroecne, 4-gailon tins, So lOd per tin Full-weight Sperm, 4Jd per lb Plaid Hatches, 4Jd pei- dozen 1000 Yestaß, od per box Best Square Slue, 7id per lb Day and Martin's Blacking, 5d per dozen Best Blocklead, <JM per dozen Best Cornflour, 3t}d per lb Herrings in Shrimp Sauce, 6d per tin Herrinea in Tcniato Sauce, 6d per tin Colman's Roetntarch, 4d per lb Mixtfd Lollfcs Rd per lb, Hop Bitters (aennine) 3s 6d, Hemp t-'eedSd, Canary Seed 3d Lunch Biscuits, 2\A per lb, Best Hops 8d per lb Irish Hos* Ib, Holloway's Pills is Id, Cockle's Pille Is Id, Steedman's Is Id, Siegel's Syrup 2a Od, Muscatels 6d. 9J A M B 8 C^ O 8 fc Begs to inform his Customsro and th<s Public thai ho intends keeping a GBHTEKAL ASSORTMENT OF BUTLDINU MATEEIAL3 A'gbia JEailwsy Siding, DUEHAM STEEET SOUTH, Whioh lie in prorated to Sell at tho Lowest OcrrsA: B&tet;. Msd^i bcafc UewoißtiJe and Native Coalp and DJUkiJh Fine Firewood. rloks supplied .Jirojt from tiie Kiln at HilMwrc No. of Telephone. 144, IH ■fcENTIBTBI, -SPECIAL NOTICE.-.Mr tf.B, P SEYMOUE, Surgesn Dentist, 179, Glouoost^y stroet, Christohurch. JUr (Seymour has engaged the servioas of on oxperienood assistant, who hue just arrived from England, and is now onabled to anpply Artifloial Toetn to those who may require them at the lowest possible charges and shortest notioe. Mr Seymour's charges ace regulated to otL tUo eovore commoroial depression that exMfi at prceeßt. P.S.— A speciality is made of savinj tee natural teeth (whore indications of dens) f.t.iwar* civflUinir'or other retnediflnfc treatment. Vf*BEST HOUSEHOLD COALS. KONE BUT.. THE BEST QUALITIES ABB KEPT. COALS are all soreened FIBEWOOD in long or short lengths BEST WESTPOBT, COALBBOOKDALE COALS BEST NEWCASTLE COALS BEBT BEOCKFIELD COALS. Special attention is given to tho accommodation of oustomers, delivery to any address in large or small quantities, and at lowest current rates. Please forward orders to J. T. BROWN. 'JSBIBEJU AJNII OOAX> MKIiOHAWX, Corner Colombo and Tuam streets. Telephone No. 72. P.O. Box 306. 3019 PHO'IOGEAPHIC NOTICE. JJI.EBSBS W HEELEB AN j) g^ON Beg to draw tho attention of anyone desirous of having their HOUSE or GROUNDS Photographed, to the very Large Experience they have bad in this particular branoh of tho art. Tlioy Jhave Speoial Plates prepared and imported for Gardena and other Outdoor Subject*, and Lenses pectdiarly adapted for Drawing-rooms, Ferneries, and limited interiors. A VJEBY LAEGE COLLECTION OF VIEWS, Mounted and Unmounted, Throughout tho whole of New Zealand, the fruits of twelve years' hard travelling. Catalogues of tmbjeots gratis, MAGIC LANTEEN SLIDES Diteet from Original Negatives at, a -very short notice. E. WHEE"LEE & SON. PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE PHOTOGEAPHEES, Cathedral Square. «U . TEYTIBISP "S7TTE rospeotfnlly nvite attention to our [ PUEE DAEJEELING INDIAN TEAS | quoted below,>whioh wo confidently reoommend for rich, fragrant, full-flavoured Liquors of great strength and Sterling all-round Drinking Quality, Guaranteed Absolutely Pnre, and all manutaoturod by machinery .— No. 1. Fine Darjeeling Souohong, at 2s per Ib No. 2. „ JTekoo Sonohong, at 2s 6d per lb No 3, „ Pokoo, at 3s por lb No. 4. „ Broken Pokoe, at 3a Gd per lb Above Prices Duty Paid, Eea/lv for dtrtivery iv chests, 801 bto 1001 b nett ; half-<:h«3t-e, 401 bto GO!!) r.utt: canisters of olb, 101 b, Ulb, 121 b and 221 b nett, and fib and lib p&oketß, Our Terms are Cash. Ne Hyslop k Co., INDIAN TEA WAEEHOUSE, 138, CiBSEL SIRKST, CUIUBTCIICfiCII, N.8.-WE HAVE NO~OTHEE ESTABLISH. KENT IN CHBI3TCHUECH, BUT ABOVE. ALL SHOULD WEAB THEM, NONE SHOULD BE WITHOUT THJBM. ("1 AGKE'S PATENT FLANNEL BELTS givo ~JC universal satisfaction. Thoy commend themselves to every right-thiukiug iudividual. Of tho muny scores that have been sold, there hns not beon a single complaint. Thoy aro being forwarded by pout to all parts of tho Colony. They ore the Best aad Cheapest in tho market. They aro highly recommended to all nufforing from Weakness in tho Back, Loins, or Kidneys, being lined with scarlet flannel, whioh is acknowledged to bo tho best material for wearing in cases of Bbeumatisin, Sciatica, Lumbago, kc. Being cut to fit tho figure, and made with my patent, they cannot creoae when in wear. GENTS' BELTS, free by post, 6s Cd; LADIES', 7e 6d ; liighly finished, 10s 6d. Send sue of waist. Note.— l am prepared to execute ordere for auy nizo and shape required. j GAGKE-8 Improved MAGNEHSED CHEST- ! EXPANDEE is the latest novelty extant. No moro prematurely old men aud women, aged IC and 18, with bock curved and shoulders forward. All save the deformed may bo erect, with eqwaro shoulders and military gait, by wearing uiy^ Improved Magnetised Cheat Exponder^poßt free «Is6d. Sond sizo round chest. Cosh or Postal Note to accompauy each order. THOMAS GAGER, Patentee, 95, Manchester Btreot, Cbribtchuxch 39

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5608, 3 May 1886, Page 1

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Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Issue 5608, 3 May 1886, Page 1

Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Issue 5608, 3 May 1886, Page 1

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