A R HAY, IMPORTER OF FIRST-CLASS DRAPERY, PBINOBS STBEET, DUNED I N. j TT IS WITH much satisfaction that A. 8.. H. announces to | Purchasers of FIRST CLASS DRAPERY, that" no exertion has been spared to render his Establishment as popular as any in Dunedin for CHEAPNESS AND VARIETY, in the many Departments now NEWLY ASSORTED with entirely NEW, FRESH, and REALLY CHEAP GOODS FOR THE SPBING AND SUMMER TRADE OF 1873. IT is not alone to the IMPORTATION of GENERAL DRAPERY that respectM attention is now being directed to Town and Country Customers, but also to the fact that First Class labor is employer! in the large work-rooms on the premises plentifully supplied with materials direct from the best Home Firms, for the purpose of manufacturing MANTLES, UNDERCLOTHING, and MILLINERY. THE DRESS MAKING branch has a private fitting room attached, and a very large number of ladies bear testimony to the excellent mode of fitting by the head Dressmaker. THE DRESS DEPARTMENT Should find favour with almost everyone seeking goods of first-class value in almost every shade of colour and variety of manufacture, embracing the very newest fabrics Beautiful Specimens in BROCADED GRENADINES,— bIack grounds. BROCADED LUSTRES all colours. Striped Tasso Cloths. Fancy NORWICH CLOTHS, equal in appearance to the richest Silks. SEDAN CORD, highly recommended for wear. BROCADED JAPANESE TISSUES, heavily woven with Silk. GLACE MOHAIRS— SIate Greys and Fawn Drabs. PRINTED DELAINES— White giounds, very pretty for both Ladies and Children. Numerous textures suitable for Young Ladies, and of a very tempting price. THE SILK DEPARTMENT Will be fouad to contain every desirable make in Black Silks, direct from the Home Market. -THE COLOURED SILKS Havebeen selected with great care, and the Brocades on some are equal to the finest needlework. PRINTED CAMBRICS— FRENCH PIQUES— BRILLIANTS - JEANS— and ENGLISH and FRENCH MUSLINS. Under this heading the Department contains Designs from those firme celebrated as Printers on Cotton Fabrics. The patterns and blending of the different colours are very superior. Plain White Piques — Yosemite and Maraposse Cloths— just arrived. It is without doubt an unsound mode of trade to merely study the fact of securing a purchase without combining the ultimate satisfaction of the purchaser. Having taken this view of the case, A. R. H. has some confidence in inviting inspection of the many NOVELTIES IN THE SHOW ROOM. It is assorted with some Elegant Designs in MANTLES and MILLINERY from the First Firms at Home. The designs in Millinery are verj Stylish and French-looking-The Jackets and Mantles superbly ornamented. Walking Costumes in many fabrics, in such, large variety that few could desire a better Stock to choose from. THE UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENT Will be found replete with all the requirements for LADIES' WEAR. Special attention paid to the Materials used when orders are given by our Town and Country Customers. As a rule Horrock's celebrated Long Clothu are selected, but, where Ladies prefer a heavier make, Crewdson's well-known Cloth is substituted. Those Ladies who are about to enter into the Holy State of Matrimony are respectfully invited to inspect a very Choice Assortment of GOODS suitable for the occasion. A. K,T~HAY, PRINCES STREET, D U N E D I If
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 32, 6 December 1873, Page 4
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