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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1873, 20 August 1886, Page 1

THE GRAND ANNUAL SHOW Under the Auspices and Directions oi the WAIIUBAPA & EAST COAST PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Will be held on tbe SOCIETY’S SHOW GROUNDS, CARTERTON, ON WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3,1886. THE SHOW

Will include Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Implements, Farm and Dairy Produce, Vehicles and Industrial Exhibits. The Society will, as in previous years, offer about fifty Gold and Silver Medals, as well as cash prizes in each of the above stated sections ol Exhibits, and in addition hereto a large number ol Valuable Special Frizes in cash and in plate have been promised, bringing the total amount ol all prizes fully up to the average of the last three years. Winners of medals will have the option of taking in lieu thereof £1 cash lor Silver Medals and £2 cash for gold medals. A Leaping Match, a Shearing Match and a trial of Sheep Dogs will take place during the afternoon. Programmes and Prize Lists, giving full information as to conditions of entry, regulations of judging and all other details, are now being prepared, and will be published and circulated shortly. Arrangements will be made to tun SPECIAL TRAINS At reduced rates, also to have the Show Day Proclaimed a Bank and .General Holiday throughout the Valley. Intending Exhibitors are informed that entries close on SATURDAY, the 23rd October, 1886, at noon, either at the Secretary’s Office, Carterton, or nt the offices of Messrs R. Brown and Co, Masterton, F. H. Wood and Co., Greytown, and J. D. Oakly, Featherston, and that no entries can be received after that date. All communications in reference to the Show addressed to the Secretary at Carterton, either by letter or telegram, will be promptly attended to.

Admission to the Show Ground—Members free ; non members before noon, 2s 6d ; after noon, Is. For the purpose of affording more adequate encouragement to certain classes of Exhibits such as DOGS, POULTRY, PIGEONS, INDUSTRIES, FLOWERS, &c., the Society has decided to hold a SEPARATE SHOW for these classes during the early part of December, and full particulars (hereof will be published. W. C. BUCHANAN, President. Carterton, 26th July, 1886. GARDENING CONTRACT undertaken or labor by the day in any part of the Wairarupa. Apply William Ebooks, Ore}town. W.B. is in constant communication with the Wairarapa, Wellington and Nelson Nurseries, therefore is in a position to supply his patrons with the best of everything in the way of Trees, Shrubs, &o. 547q

WAITIB »wa that WM. BENTON HAS WIRE FENCING POSTS FOR SALE. AT 41b PER HUNDRED, A large quantity on hand. Also, HOUSE BLOCKS, SHINGLES AND TIMBER. W. BENTON, Builder and Contractor, Featheraton. late

NELSON, MOATJS AND CO. WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL TEA MERCHANTS, BLENDERS, AND IMPORTERS. Willis Street, .. .. Wellington. Our Pure Blended Teas are the rage of llie colonies.—Our " Challenge Bleud ” at ‘is 4d, is superior to ordinary grocers’ mixture sold at 3s or 3s tid per lb. See Circulars for Press Opinions. PRICES—2s, 2s 4d, 3s, Ss 4d, Si 4s per lb. SOLD IN— Packets, lib, pb ; Boxes, 101b, 121b, net Half Chests, 401b, 501b net. NELSON, MOATE&Co.’i

CELEBRATED CHALLENGE '9^ r«v Acknowledged by Tea Experts, the Tress ae» the I’nblio to be the best value iu the Southern Hemisphere. These Tens are bough and blended by a Professional Taster, mixed machinery, and supplied to our branches, and over 600 Agents direct from our Wholesale Establishment. AWARDED GOLD * SILVER MEDALS. Thousands of Families are drinking these Teas Daily. See lioveroment Analysis Sold by grocers in all towns throughout the colony. Jjg*MATOHLEBS COFFEES.^ Are now introduced in our trade. NELSON MOATE & CO, Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, & Wilms-Street, (near Empire Hotel) WELLINGTON, G. E. COLEGROVE, >74 Manager. S. M. MAXTON & SONS, sou Aoesrs son aaiaig'ffs,