Business Notices. J. L E V/ I S . Opposi t c 1 1 ie (,'<unp, EBVELL-SXHLi.T, HuKITIKA, TMPOKTER <\" ironmongery, Amcri- *- can tubs, bu''i:--i-. &!ios r els, brooms, and ofcjier Yankco notions, grindery, crockery, cluud and glabS'.s-rtre, paints, oils, colois, ptiporhungings, kerosene, kerosene lamps (beautifully assorted), lamp glasses, lookingglasses, bird cagoß in great variety, ba&ket uare, stationery, patent medicines, perfumery, clocks, musical instruments, optics, electro-plated ware, combs, brushtfare, cutlery, and eve^ description of British and foreign hardware. Wholesale and Retail. Packer? ani country Storekeepers supplied liberally and with despatch. 2487 TAMES KEIR AND CO., Painteiw, Papi:ehanqees, & Glaziebs, WELD STREET, Have now on hand a large assortment of of Cheap Paperhangings, Glass, Oils, Colors, Paints, Varnishes, Brushes, Goldleaf, French Polish, &c. Estimates given for every description of work in the above line. The trade supplied wholesale and retail. 4768 TENTS! TENTS! TENTS! WM'KAY, late of Lambing Flat, the . Lachlan (New South W ales), and Okarita, begs to inform Ids old friends - and the public that he has opened a branch establishment in Revell street, Ilokitika, opposite the Temple Court, where he hopes, by attention to business, to merit a fair share of their patronage. Importer of Calico, Drill and Canvas. ROLL UP, BOYS, ROLL UP, AND SEE YOUR OLD FRIEND. Remember the Addi-ess — Opposite Temple Court, Revell street. 4952 T HOLMES, PAINTER, PAPEPiHANGEK, AND GLAZIER (Opposite Mrs Power's Dunedin Hotel), REVELL STREET, HOKITIKA, Has now on hand A Choice Selection of Papebhakgings, Oils, Coloes, Paints, Vaenishes, Glass, And every necessary to the trade, wholesale and retail, and is now prepared to execute orders on the shortest notice, with the best workmanship. N.B.— Tho Trade Supplied. 4391 . Merchandise. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. WH, LONGBOTTOM, MANAGER FOR Messes HAWKES AND STROUTS, • Begs respectfully to inform his friends and the "public that he intends shortly commencing business in Hokitika, as a General and Furnishing Ironmonger and Hardware Merchant, and from his long experience in the trade, and knowledge of the special requirements of a mining population, combined with niodera.te prices and a stock unsurpassed in variety and extent in the colony, he hopes to b(s favored with a large share of public patronage. W. H. L. is now importing direct from England, a most extensive assortment of every description of hardware, miners' and carpenters' tools, builders' and furnishing ironmongery, oils, paints, colors, varnishes, &c, &c, full particulars ot' which will be duly announced in future advertisements. N.B. — Indent orders on the home markets, for mining and other machinery, executed with promptitude and despatch, upon the most liberal terms. Appointed sole agent for Westland, to the following firms :—: — D. M'lvenzio & Co., Birmingham, Drown Bros & Co., London Thos. Turner & Co., Sheliield Clayton, Shutdeworth & Co., Lincoln R. Hornsby &Sons, Grantham. 5085 A S .11 A W AND CO., Wholesale, Retail, and GENERAL IRONMONGERS Revell-steeet (Nearly opposite the Dunedin Hotel). Have just received, ex late arrivals — American cooking stoves (complete) Do, office stoves (ornamental) Colonial and camp ovens Avery's machines, to weigh 5 cwt. Collins and Sharps' axes f and half axes Avery's counter and gold scales 6, 7, and Bft. galvanised iron Galvanised ridging and spouting . Sorby's hand, cross-cut, and pit saws Carpenter's patent rim locks Double French bedsteads Ames and Ward's L H shovels Axe, adze, and driving pick handles Kerosene oil, lamp-glasses and wicks. Also, A large assortment of building, furnishing, and general ironmongery. Packers and others supplied at wholesale prices. 4433 TO DRAPERS AND UP-COUNTRY STOREKEEPERS. T^DWARD REEVES AND CO. Vl Are opening, ex Recent Arrivals, STOCKS OS GENERAL CLOTHING, BLANKETS, CALICOES, &c, Which they are prepared to supply in Wholesale Parcels on liberal tends. " Edwaed Reeves & Co., • ' " 4062. Beach-street, Hokitika,