WHY IP THE ECONOMIC

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12549, 12 July 1905, Page 4

WHY IP THE ECONOMIC

Clothing and Mercery department so popular among the mien of Wanganui?^ First, because* they know from experi- " once that Messrs George 'and Kersley stock only the most reliable goods, and secondly^ because they know that the prices are always the lowest. This is thesecured of tile whole thing. Any wonder we are kept so 'busy in our Men's Department? These iare the bargains that draw the crowds :— Men's strong Tweed Trousers. Sal© pa-ice., 4s 6d, 4s lid, and 5s lid per pahMen's strong Saddle Tweed Trousers Sale price, 5s lid, 6s lid. 7s 6d. 8s 6d, and 9s 6d per pair. Men's strong Tweed Suits, colonial manufacture. Sale price, 17s 6d, 18s -•; 6d, 21s, 23s 6d, 25s 6d, and 27s 6d- : - Men's heavy ribbed Colonial Wool Sox, 3 pairs for 2s. Men's 'heavy ribbed Wool Underpants at 4s 6d.iand 4s lid per pair. Men's Flannel Unders full size. Sal« price, 2s 6d, 3s 6d, and 3s lid. Men's Pvjama Suits for cold nights." Worth 9s 6d; sale price 5s lid the suit. > Men's plain and striped Tennis Shirts. • , worth 4s 6d. Now 2s lid. Men's Strong Shirts. Sale pries, 2s 6d, 2s lid, 3s lid, and 4s 6d. Men's Tweed and Serge Caps. Sal© - price, 9d, Is, Is 3d, Is 6d and Is lid. Men's Warm Woollleri Glows. Sale price, 9d, Is, and Is 6d per piaia-. Men's unshrinkable Cashmere Sox. Sale price 2 pairs for Is 6d. For down right, genuine. bairgafeis in Men's wear, visit •the Economic Sale to. day.—'George 'and Kereley..

At Glendining's a South African Id stamp of 1877, with the error "Transvral," has sold for £40. Mr F. H. Haselden will address the electors at tho Opera House _at 8 o'clock this evening. A brake will run from Castlecliff. So large has the foreign population of London now become th*t c"on the official notices outside the police stations have to be printed in Yiddish as^ well as English. Messrs. Rodgers, of Sheffield, have on view in their window a pocket knife possessing 57 blades. Each blade has a local scene engraved upon it. Messrs. Rodgers offer £1000 to any person who om. shut all the blades without cutting his fingers. Tho latest aditions to the Telephone Exchange' are No. 273, Mr. G. S. Robertson's residence,' Castlechff; No. 448, Mr. A. 1). Willis, bookseller and manufacturing stationer (wholesale department), Taupo Quay; and No. 449, Mrs. M. Martin, school bookseller, Victorir. Avenue. Among the few flashes of humour to tho credit of Mr G. Witty, M.H.R., is tho following reference to Mr H. G. Ell: "He is like an American engine I once heard of—a ten horse-power boiler and a fifteen horse-power whistle, arid ivben the whistle went everything else had to stop." A young man departed from Eketahuna some months ago, leaving sundry anxious friends behind him. His footsteps hare latterly been guided into tho paths of rectitude. He has joined the Salvation Army at Christchurch, and he wrote to his Eketahuna friends forwarding the amounts due, together with God's blessing.—"Express." Mr. E. D. Haygarth has decided to roprodueo "The Private Secretary" at the Opera House on Friday evening next, the 14th instant. The old and popular manager will himself sustain the principal role, a part in which he has appeared with distinction more than 400 times. "The Private Secretary" is a gem among comedies, one of the best laughter-makers of the age, and its reproduction on Fridaj r next will no doubt bo justly appreciated by local patrons. At tlie Anglican Synod at "Wellington, oca. the motion of (the Rev. H. Anson, a select committee was set up to consider the advisability of constituting Ar.amoho a separate Parochial District. The motion 'by Captain Hewitt, referring to the fact that all teaching, about Christ is prohibited in our schools in school hours', and to the need for church: teaehcirs to impress. upon their hearers rthe material benefits the human race has received through Protest-ant Chrmtr '/asms" since the Reformation, lapsed for ■want of a seconder. Owing to several applications having jteoently been foianded in for sections in, the Ohotu Blocks tb© Aotea Maori Land Council have decided to meet again on Saturday iiexifc, "the 18th inst., to /accept tenders already in, or that majr be handed in during the current week.. Eie advantage of tendering for the present meeting is, ttaait as the leases to them accepted wail wot date until Ist January' nextr—allows the selector to occupy ■the section from acceptance of tender —-and, thie second half year's rent will ■not be payable for 12 months, or, in; other words, the lessee has 18 months occupation for a twelve months' rental, which is a consideration to those dealing witli bush lands. A very young lady , sent her pet lamb to Messrs Abraham and Williams' .yards at Palmerston North on Thursday to bo sold for the benefit of the hospital. The public entered into the idea with zest, and "everywhere the lamb he went the bids were sure to .go." Ho passed from hand to hand with great rapidity, for, as soon as he icurid ono owner, the order was to "put him up again." After half an hour of such sport under the auspices of a' clever auctioneer, the lamb went to figures approximating £20, which, with tho usual subsidy will mean a nico little snowball of, something like £0 for the hospital. More than that, 1m latest owner, Mr O. C. Cooper , threatens to get rid of him in the same -way at the very next opportunity.— ' Munawatu Daily Times. Ono of tho most successful of practical jokes was played not long ago by a London comedian. On the notice board of his club this intimation appeared:— "On Thursday, at half-past eleven p.m" .Messrs Roberts and Dawson will, as a compliment to the club, play an exhibition gam© of billiards." On that ■evening tho club was crowded, every .seat in tho billiard room was occupied, and they waited patiently for the champions to arrive. Just then Mr Arthur Roberts camo in, greeted the members -cordially, and turning to the marker, said: "Is this 'table engaged?" "Not yet, sir," was the reply. The comedian turned to his friend Forbes Dawson, who wa-i amongst the audience, and called out, "I'll giro you a game, Dawson." There was a deadly silence for a minute. Then tho membera of the •club rose as a man, . and threw the vccmedian out in the cheerless street. The. arrival in port yesterday afternoon of the hulk T. B. Taylor, in tow •of "tike Stormbird, revives old memories of shipbuilding in Wanganui. The T. ~8. Taylor was built by the late Mr Gs-o* Caiman, senr , on the foreshore opposite the 'Herald" office, and was launched on the 24th May, 1872, being afterward* engaged in the trade bet-ween Wellington and Wangamn. 'She is of -51 toiis register, and was first in command of Captain York, who was succeeded about twelve months aft-arwards by Captain. Payne. The hulk has been acquired by the Westport C?oal Company, and will be used for storing coal. It will bs moored at the upper end of the. wharf, where the dredge--was fitted up, the bow of the vessel going under -tho bridge. We might here sfcaite that ifche- Tongariro, built by 'Messrs. Law and Gilmour, opposite the vHerald" office, was launolied a month befoa^T the T. B. "Taylor, and Captain Irvine, now pilot to the Wanganui;Hairbour Board, was ■given coimnaiid. Tdngaauro was lost At the Mohaka River, Hawke's Bay, some years ago.