BUSINESS NOTES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 14 May 1913, Page 8

BUSINESS NOTES.

A bulloSk lost from a-'mob between Wanganui-and Turakina is advertised for.- -• . • /;■*. ._■ .. ■ ...■ •■ ' • ■%[ ■ --.-. Race ; fweek means for most men a : "spruco up" in clothes and general ap-" pearanee.;* One of the c:oat ; important details is the hat. A smart liat will .qompleto A dressy "tone" that an illj chosen, one would destroy. J. Paul and hCo. are w xna,kino; a special hat show just nowI;JSee advortisemont elsewliere.

fIifDRTGAGEE'S SALE OF NICE SUBURBAN HOME.

Messrs. C. L. Duigan' and Cq. an* loft'ering a good seven-roomed house, with, extensive outbuildings and over •an acre of land, within a'mile of ihe Post pifice, for a greatly reduced prica .on aecmiiit of the mortgagee- ()nV£BO cash, balance on easy terms at o rer ,c(,nb. Thi-i: is a bargain of bargains*

EXHIBITION. OF STUDENTS' WORK

Thess^^ho doubt the efficiency of correspondence schools should inspect the -window display in the shop near the. Freezing Company's premises ' an the Avemie.. There is there on exliibi-!tio-n soiifteof the work done by students of th« liC.S. The work shownl, prin•eip&lly djnawing, ds particulan-ly good, and would be a credit1 to any school •or coUege. All information las to the ' vanedi. cffeses. is supplied on application. The school should'appeal to all who wish^ to study'at home in their spare time. .. ■'i '...'. ■, -. . _■ : <■■ . . .• ' .-*

THE LAST DAYS

'Mossfi Clark iaaid Co., faindliarly kuo-wn. t56 Wanganui as the lightning ituetipneers, announce the last four days of auction sale of bamkrupt stock dnd travellers' fcaiwples. Seventeen; cases X'f goods' which ■ iafrived yestordlay com- " pletfed"the final conisignment of barSains. ,Tfce auctioneers'^^ iannooince cm~PJ&&&$% W*t :thetra: .4i, t not .a stoblc. ftajatipssifaj; but «w genuiiir®i »«eiio^fi«l©;; y^^i&^e^tard^: I: ?&^fecpr«bifeea^' '$^r£?~7s^^'>4t&^ Monday • • next:C HttUTOßoTders and Tyai-gaih.Beekeifefgen-*-S?fe^ of ■< "thfajfinal oppori?omiy. uximP {\ Jmences iat 11 a.m. TPW^i^cikrikiyl

Ui '. :-A BIG Bti&NjM.t'-v7,'«£

•h A n ®V*r Set a suade.fee .jjnV.-. xMt ifnerf mt&B a stereotyped p^as^ i^e*d ■■'4if ■> every farmer and gardenerwh'en'buyinfitf a spftde, eoMessrs G3&idnsC ' Pafcei-4.i? son, .(Ltd., infornier our reporter.' Thifl * ■SttiElitP?**^ ®*y™«-'Mar&ed: i>,the-i. "firm) lafhWing wher© the fawK;:lay in- the l j^rW^s imported from'.tJie leading makers of Engrand-,-and.th,Vy.dJ-*gS¥a.■*' sPa#; thafeioontaiiie^ ;ihh. I©a- ■ ■^^s|of; sy.fweU used spadd/withMui> •*Wtf jmprove(men,ts in the mainnc—the ,phieh; seemed nghtr ;The firm got inv^.^ifspondence with the leading and ■f^'S "-known maker of spades, who re;l«sed, like a good old Briton, to carry out; the idea, which was; radical as far -as ispade making was ooncern^d,' and necessitated expensive machinery. This did not daunt Messrs Gibsons a~nd Pat.orson m their object in getting the proposed spade made; they knew it v-ould bo a seller if placed before the public, and after .18 months' corresp-on-uenoe cabkng, and posting, and re-post-in.g patterns, a perfect spado was evolved, lo 'nave this spade made dn Shef*Wd. a guamntee:of 5000 spades had to bo given. It xvsxs si tall order for a Waitganu, firm to. give,; but the possibilities were bmght> ; and the.order^as given.-In the first twelve months ordens were taken for 10,000. in fact; 'S fif 1™™ I*™1 *™™-*ll over the Dominion could not .be .supplied. • From August '^rJ?6O6l^ '^ tM firm cibled for /000 spades, and' orders this year have keen heavy from merchante who previously handled them. Mr PatXT who + is nmv m Australia taking ordera n "™, Domimon Spade, reports rema rkabJe bu^iess results, over there farmers and gardeneixeverywhere cay 4t w ,ust the spade that has been wanted for years A farmer at Westmere f2 S yevc llld.n. ot *at« « five-pound note. ■ZL^V?™ I™™^*. A faa-.mer's 7hl* ff^ 91- 8 Gibsons and Paterson" tfaat her husband treasured his Dominion spade more than anything on the fai-m^ he oils it after use, and^ it is fur^- .We must compliment this firm