BUSINESS NOTES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13054, 23 April 1910, Page 7

BUSINESS NOTES.

Plant • now' for good summer flowering choice carnations and roses. Laird and Sons’ collections are unsurpassed, and the plants axe good. See abort them. ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. Now is the time to prepare your ground for winter planting. Nothing gives you a better asset than a few of W. T. Benefield and Sons’- beautiful flowering shrubs. Laird and Sons’ to-night for cut flowers. Red Gross Pharmacy—SOAP SAMPLES —every day. Farmers are notified that Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co. will offer a large yarding of sheep at their Waverley yards on Friday next. Sweet Pea Seed, the best strain procurable, at Laird and Sons’, the Avenue. HEDGE PLANTS. Nothing will increase the value of your property more quickly than a good evergreen hedge. Get some strong plants from W. T. Benefield and Sons’ Aramoho Nursery. Order now. Laird and Sons’ to-night for the best lawn grass seed. Mr. J. H. Keesing advertises to hold a sale of household furniture and effects at the residence of Mr. L. Frost, No. 7, Ball Street, on Tuesday, 26th April. The articles to be offered arc all of good quality and in excellent condition. The sale will commence at one o’clock.

Violets—lovely bunches at Lairds’ tonight.

For satisfaction in good, strong healthy fruit trees go to Benefield’s Aramoho Nursery.

“With all your getting get the best” is old advice, and is more applicable to plants and trees than to anything else. Laird and Sons have just one quality in trees and shrubs, and would like you to inspect.

Every day SOAP SAMPLES.—EeI Cross Pharmacy.

Remember, early planting gives the best results. So if you desire to improve the appearance of your home just arrange about your planting now. Laird and Sons will be pleased to give you any information you desire in this respect. Laird and Sons’ to-night for hyacinth, anemone, tulip, and ixia bulbs. ' Rhubarb plants, thyme, sage, in fact anything for the garden at W. T. Bene■field and Sons’ Aramoho Nursery. Bath's Empress and Matchless pansy seed in sealed packets, at Laird and Sons’, the Avenue. A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF FRESH PISH. Messrs Gargiulo and Co., of the Imperial Fish depot, Eidgway Street, seeing the great demand here for fresh fish, have made special arrangements to supply any quantity of the freshest of fish at most reasonable prices to any part of the town. Every fish sold is nicely cleaned and guaranteed absolutely fresh. Ring up ’phone No. 442 and your fish demands will be promptly attended to Finest bird seed and parrot food at Laird and Sons’, the Avenue. SOAP SAMPLES every day.—Red Cross Pharmacy. Laird and Sons’ general catalogue for 1910, now ready. Laird and Sons’ to-night for carnation plants, named varieties.

The meetings of householders and election of school committees all over New Zealand will be held next Monday. Speaking to an Auckland “Herald” reporter of the Southdown strike, Mr Tregear said he was very sorry the men had placed themselves in a position which compelled the law to be set in motion and the strikers fined. He would regard it as a good thing for the trade unions if they could find some way whereby the married men in the unions could have a weightier vote in the case of a proposal to strike. “I feel certain,” added Mr Tregear, “that the small strikes that have taken place in the Dominion within the last four or five years have been in almost every case precipitated by the more thoughtless members of the union, and that in very many cases married men have been dragged into striking unwillingly. They have V 1 su ® er as they were fully responsiblel for a hasty and unconsidered action.” The following incident in connection with the loss of the Pericles was told to the Sydney Daily Telegraph by one of the passengers:—“A clergyman came from Karridale the day we landed to hold service at the Point. His name is Rev. Scott Clarke, and his parish contains a vast area of territorv. but a. very limited population. He had driven down to the Point to hold a Communion service with the handful of people there, and, lo! there were more people at the Cape than in all Ms broad parish. And the rector worked like a hero. When the women and children were scattered about t ie beach, terrified and hysterical after the strain was relaxed, the brave little narson sent liis little daughter for the bottle of' Communion wine, and she wave the trembling mothers a sip out of The bottle, and it did them good.” The working bee promoted by the newlyformed Beautifying Society made a start on Dune Hill steps this afternoon, when no email amount of enthusiasm was evidenced. Between twenty and thirtv adult workers, besides a large muster of The 'ocal Doy Scouts, turned out to do battle with the gorse and thistles which have made their unwelcome abode on the flanks of the steps. This afternoon’s programme consisted of clearing the ground beside the steps from grass, etc., and grubbing out the various weeds which abound .in .he viemity. When-the ground has been cleared it ns proposed to plait them with at tractive shrubs etc., and flowering plants h.ci'rt W fi ? reat . Iy lm P r °ve the aspect of a locality that, at present, has a sadly neglected appearance. The whole army 0 1 qcin nt nf rv tOl^ S was on the scene of operations. It is to be hoped Tat this afternoon s gathering may be the foie w-nner of many others, which', in course Of a i transf ” rm many an eye-sore, into a ientable beauty spot.