HORTICULTURAL CLIPPINGS.

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IJIIWPATION #* I j r — P. . LtOXEKA. — From a communication to the press by Mr P. Watney, which summarised the ravages by the phylloxera, it appe ars tliat for the four years from 1875 to 1878, inclusive, the average yield of the ±rejich vintage vas 1,275 million! gallons. The last three vintages, 1882 to 1885, have decreased at a greater rate tban 100 milli on gallons a year go that the production of. wine in Fl f an has fallen to little more than half of what it was before the spread qf the phylloxera. The animals can bo destroyed as yet by oD ly one remedy, namely, inundation, begun in November and continued for forty days. This was proved by M. fancou at Mas-le-Favre, near Avi«_ion He produced in 1867, 925 hectolitres of wine in his vineyard ; in the next year the invasion of the phylloxera took place and he harvested only 40 hectolitres; in 1869, 35 hectolitres. Tne vineyard was now inundated with water from the Tlurance Canal, which supplies Marseilles with water. The yield of the vineyard thereupon rose to 120 hectolitres, and has increased every year until it has attained its former high figure. These £icts should be noted by our Australian cousins, and wherever possible inundation of phylloxera infested vineyards tried. A Fuxc.us Pkst of the Qniqst.—The sub ject of injurious plant parasites has become a most important onefor those occupied in the cultivation of fruit, vegetable, or farm crops, and we therefore never like to miss an opportnnity of drawing attention in The Fanner to any new pest of this kind ■wherever it may have shown itself, for al though it may not be known in New Zea land at the time of writing, there is no knowing when it may be introduced. On the other hand, if it happens to be here already, a description of it may lead to its identification, and measures for its repres sion. An official bulletin from Kew Gardens is devoted to the record of an investigation into a disease which has been severely scourging the onion crops at the Bermudas, which form tho staple product of these small islands. It seems that the disease is caused by a fungus—a specie-3 of peronos pom known as Schleideniana— which lives parasitically upon the leaf. Like similar diseases, its growth is favoured by warm, moist, calm weather. The fungus is re produced by ordinary spores and also by resting spores, as in the case of the potato fungus. As in the ca.e of the latter pe?t, it is the persistent vitality of the resting spores which makes the disease so difficult of eradication. The general strengthening of the 3iop by means of good manuring and cultivation is recommended as one method of combatting the attack, though this is but indirect treatment. The sprinkling of ■affected crops with suiphur or quicklime, or 'spraying them with a solution of green ivitriol is suggested, and the burning of affected plants is also recommended, h it might have been well, as has beet; ad , vised in the case of potato disease, to Recom mend also the paring amd burning of the surface of the soil with a view to the'de struction of the resting spores. ; " The Canning INDUSTBY.—This industry is rapidly assuming enormous dimensions in America, and in California it promises become one of its great agricultural factors. In tfcfifc state, canning has now Ipen brought to such perfection that fruit as luscious as when first picked can be eervSu on the dinner table in every part of !the vorld, in the depth of winter as well as in tht middle of summer. The use of the .conservatory to raise early fruit is at an end. The seasons are practically abolished. Honse'ceeperscan set the samede-sert bofore their Quests at Christmas as at midsummer. They are now canning peaches and apricots ip California which may be eaten next New YearW Bay at St. Petersburg, and will be found jas full of delicate flavour as when they were taken from the tree in the flttharti. Californian canned peaches, table pitj|are soiling at 5d a pound, and apri ■t 34« . anc i a large trade is being opened »P »fbh Europe. Sr I.ONa JTertilizkr.— For tomatoes, cv- C° m -lers, and plants which grow strongly, take L g oGt i handful of the parings from ■ l orSf 3s' hoofs, to be readily obtained at a rri >rs shop, and mix with two quarts of ( gancjy i oam . A handful or two of this HN'fture placed about the roots of the plants w _l have a grand effect. Soil made up in tfe proportion is good for all bulbous plants, chrysanthemums, pelargoniums, &c. li Killing Spakkows Wholesale.— At last i meeting of the Managing Committee of the |S. A. Horticultural Society, Mr W. Haines i'eaid that he and his neighbours had found .that by placing poisoned wheat in a bag *with chaff, and allowing it to leak from the hack of a cart travelling along a road, the sparrows were thrown off their usual fetation, and as a result, bucketsful of dead luarrowe could be picked up. It was the (most wholesale system of sparrow destruc tion he had yet found. } A Recipe foe Kekosexe Emulsion.—a /Florida orango-grower gives the following j hints on making a keronene emulsion for ■ application to trees of the citrus family tegainst the scale pest:—" A solution con itainine only one-sixteenth of kerosene is fused here (Florida) to kill the bark scale. 'in very extensive experiments conducted It H. G. Hubbard, special agent of the -United States Department of Agriculture, it was found that a stronger solution was | apt to injure the trees ;'while a weaker one had little effect on the scale. In some ex periments of my own, I find that a tar stronger solution of potash might be used in winter (when our orange trees are dor mant) than in tho season of growth. We would never think of ' shaking in a jug until a complete union has taken V\* c f> three gallons of emulsion. This would be a very tiresome diversion. Have an or dinary tall stone jar and fit it up with a rotary dasher, and churn the mixture until it becomes tfhjfjt. S. Better still, churn it by passing it through a good hand spray pump. A few minutes of fast work with a small nozzle (which will make the returri flow of the mixture into the ve-sel enter with great force) will make of the mixture a cream from which no 'free kerosene will rise to tho top. Common or whale-oil soap, halt a pound, dissolved in one gallon ot boiling water. Add two gallons of kerosene, and churn while :\ot. In u?in £> dll . ufce with ten parts of cold water. This makes 33 gallons at a cost of kss than one cent per gallon, where you have cheap kerosene ; but in Florida it costs us nearly two cents per gallon. Do not use petroleum or cheap light oils, as these are apt to injure the plants. " , SunflowessandMalablv.— Itis statedon the authority of a Cuban journal, that since the sunflower has been cultivated in certain ewampy districts on the banks of the river Potomac, malarial fever has almost ceased to be endemic there. 'Similar beneficial re sults appear also to have followed the culti , vation of this plant in the neighbourhood ot the mouth of the Scheldt, in Holland. Ine editor of the Monthly' Journal of Pharmacy, who ha 3 been engaged in observations on sunflowers, found that during the month ot June, 1885, a quarter of an acre of sun flowers exhaled, with a mean temperature ot 70 deg. F. at midday, exactly 1,950 gallons of water in the form of vapour, or 65 gallons a day. He attributes the anti-malarial action of the sunflower, therefore, not only to its properties of absorbing and destroying the malarial miasm and emitting a n abundance of pure-oxygen, as_. t Aught by , otherwriW_. but also to it* <. • i ' ttt owing to its rapid and fetation, of absorbing and utilising the moisture of ffcbV soil in districts wfiW» «*?' u,fifc for/- He likewise *VG&tßj ■jthat the aronuvtvi odoui/of the tlowers4«V'^. jEfoUje Qos&. '■■; ---/; ' {

SNINCfc*! rA_l," rRIDAIf. DECEMjttER ,0 '165*. K)»?«*»»~*~iagmlMW"- _j- II I J I 111 II . .. . I .. "' ".

AUCKLAND EVENINQHSTAg/ FRIDAY", DECgMgER '30 1857,



Bnsiiies- Notices. - . ..... - _^ WHOLESALE and FAMILY DRAPERS, Beg to intimate that for the present Season every Department is now replete with * All the Requirements for a First-class Trade. S. arm C. being the Largest Retail Importers of SILKS, DRESSES, GENERAL DRAPERY AND CLOTH IVG IN AUCKLAND, and conducting their business on STRICTLY CASH PRINCIPLES, are hi the best possible position to serve the public well. All Goods marked in Plain Figures, for CASH ONLY. No Second Prices. No "iH*, counts. Any article not approved, and returned in good condition within Ify days, will be ex changed, or money returned. IMPORTERS. TELEPHONE No. 3_9. BRANCH: NEWTON COMPULSOBY SALE. BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS. :In consequence of the death of Mr Robert Garrett, one of the partners in the well known firm of GARRETT BROTHERS, it is necessary to realise the whole of the Estate, in order to arrive at a settlement, prior to a re-arrangement of Partnership. The acting Executors have therefore ordered the ENTIRE STOCK of COLONIAL AND IMPORTED BOOTS AND SHOES now held by tho firm, to be sold at once, at such prices as will effect a complete and speedy clearance. S-__X.___ IsTOW OUST. To give a Complete Price List of this Leviathan Stock (the contents of thousands of Trunks and weighing hundreds of tons), would bo impossible. An inspection alone will prove tho truth, of this announcement. SPACE WILL ONLY ADMIT OF A FEW PRICES TO BE QUOTED Infants' Strap Shoes reduced to Is. Is 3d, Is 6d Ladies' Genuine Glove Kid Elastio Sides re- Infants' Strap Shoes, several styles, reduced to duccd to 10a 6d 2s 6d Ladies' Kid Button Boots reduced to 9s 6d, Children's High Leg Lace Boots. 2s 6d, reduced 10s 6d, lis 6d to Is lid L-idies'extra quality Balmorals reduced to 14s 6d Children's Elastic Side Boots reduced to Is .d, Men's Bluchers, own make, reduced to 3s lid Is 6d Men's Cricket Shoes reduced to Ss 6d Girls' Derby Shoes reduced to .a 6rt, 4s lid Men's\VulkingShoesreducedtoss6d.7s6d, 10s6d Girls' Button Shoes reduced to 43 6d, 5s 6d Men's French Calf Shoos reduced to 12s 6d, 13s 6d Ladies' Prunella Walking Boots reduced to 4s 6d Mon's Kid Shoes, own mnko, reduced to 13s 6d 5u 6cl Men's Elastic Sides reduced to 7s 6d. 8s 6d, ICa 6d Ladies' Prunella Walking Shoes reduced to4s9d, Men's English Elastic Sides reduced to 12s 6d 5s 6tt Men's strong Balmorals reduced to 8s 6d, 10s 6d, Ladies' Levant Walking Shoes reduced to 5s 6d, lis 6d 6a 6d Men's Fronch Calf Balmorals reduced to 13s 6d Ladies' Superior German Shoes reduced to Men's Wares-tights reduced to 8s 6d,"9._ 6d. 10s 6d 7s 6d 8s 6d Boys' Goloshed Elastic Sides reduced to 4s 6d, Ladies' Mr..!. Quality French and German Shoos, 5s 6d 10*6d,l_s'6d Children s Leather Lace and Elastio Side 3 Ladies' Evening Shoes reduced to 3s 6d, 4s 6d, reduced to 4s 6d ~,,„,„ 4j lid Boys English Balmorals reduced to 53 6d Ladies' Levant Walking Boots reduced to 5s 6d, Girls' Levant Elastic Sides reduced to 5s 61 £ 8 m. Children's Double-sole Straps reduced to 3s 6d Ladies' Kid Elastic Sides reduced te 5s 6d, Bath Slippers reduced to Ik 6d. Is 9d 6s 6d 7_ 6d Men's C-u-pot Slippers reduced to 2s 6d Ladies' House Boots reduced to 3s 6d, 3s lid Ladies' best Prunella Slippers reduced to 3s lid GARRETT BROTHERS, WAKEFIELD-STREET, AMD KARANGAHAPE ROAD, AUCKLAND. ~~ ASK YOUR KROCEK FOR T 1 11 __ # \ "Ac* TO BPT\ ffl /_\ \ N.Z. INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE. JJ I A ___ ___. ___. _HT _T___l_\ lSk " The blending is entirely attcn- AM I PHS # JLSmk* % ded to by Mr. Nelson himself, Kbb H a wfei: s ?'W % who us a Taster of great expen- V* w -_fIL M ence, and has had a special IN THE $ /4S|t\ \ tra,n TIMAsV_iERALI)f _ tff S I'WVWw. \ m "This firm deserves the sup \M * ffl B J_W«_t!™-wL \ port ofall purchasers of Tea v\f C\ D _ V # / %as the article they offer i$ \* \\ ■** M 8 O bJsSsS-R-Sl&i _l\ ik svl P enor t0 anything wa a $!& MSfejjtft?»_j|Ff ■ fe\ ¥k have seen in tlnsCblony." I\l P 1 S BQ Taster and THOUGH S PRICESs AUCKLAND, m LWGTGi CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEQSN. AGENTS EVERYWHERE, GLOVES. _ 00 The Melbourne Drapery Company ARE NOW SELLING i ~.'_. TTMT.r_r.SED TAN JERSEY KID GLOVES, 8-button 56i DOZEN rice _ 23 lld . sißes , £rom 5-| to 7J. h f length, at Is yu,J»»o r THAN ENGLISH INVOICE.' :*.- woos iid; new volume vi L^ hh y ; Chatterbox Anm>aK 2s gg . Something to ' lendir o _4 S •■ 'elist (13 Complete 1 v . are £ reat i y a amir4 nj AH.TTT ATn ___/ 4fl «*■*»—• CLOTHING© ! ' e^i "'' ; ' r " W»fe mHE BiggestTl ; ..Worth I Donit«■ j j JaadAlmanao, ; . m Bankrupt bw»» jj ugtrated , ,^ v; < \ ; . \ i ■■■■■■■ mr I



'' Business Notices- , rf GREAT CHRISTMAS FAIR AS INAUGURATED BY R: HAOTAH & CO. f Is now on full speed ahead * IMMENSE SUPPLIES OF SHOE LEATHER JUST OPENED FOR KEEPING UP THE STEAM. NOTAPAIROF OLD STOCK IN THE WHOLE COLLECTION All ?/ew and' Fashionable Goods by the most celebrated makers, suitable fo^!^ T !f^ w Snd not teo rough on the pocket. Indeed, to ensure the CHRISTMAS 1 Alt! A ■ TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS, our Stock has been re-marked to such a tune that ' it will pay country visitors splendidly to make a deal at the GREAT CASH BOOT PALACE, Save their railway fare, choo3o their purchases from the best-selected stock in the North Island, and return home with the conviction that they have done a good day s workj The Auckland public understand this well, and slum their apprecia tion of it by crowding up thick. READ OUR CHRISTMAS FARE PRICE LIST: The biggest bargains of the season are on the big table. It fairly groans beneath them. Child ren's Bootslnd Shoes at 6d a pair. It's a fact. Come and prove it. Ei«hteen-penny Boots, iiau a-crown Boots. Hundreds of pairs of them. See the Boys' Strong Copper loe La«e-nps, is do, 2s 6d, 3s 9d, and 4s 9d per pair. They can't, be got wholesale at 50 per cent, more money, a oig line of Ladies' High Leg Prunellas at 3s lid, extra quality.. Pinet's Satin Shoes »* "ue. rose, cream, and white, 10s 6d, for this month only. Ladies' J_id and Moroccco DerLy ana uxrora Walking Shoes, sewn, 4s lid, 5s lid, 6s 6d. New Goods! Magnificent Value !! Children's Strap Shoos, in all colours. 9d, Is. Is 6d Extra High Leg, 9s 6d, 10s 1 5d n« 6d „ , Children's Elastic Side Boots, Mock Button, Ladies' Kid Elastio Side Boots, Ktvettea or 2-6, Is Sewn, 4s lid ~,,,, s-uji a B Children's Lace and Elastio Side Boots, 6d, Is, Ladies' Cashmere House Boots, 3s 3d, 63 iia, hs Children's Cloth Button and Laceßoots. Is, Is 3d Ladies' Tennis Shoes, 3s 6d, & lid, 4s 6d, ssi6d Children-s Coloured Elastic Hide Boots, Is Ladies' Glove Kid Elastic Sides, J-Xtra Jiign Girl's Kid and Levant WalkiE? Shoes, 7-10,3s lld ' Leg,Bs6d „. . „ „ 11—1,4g6d Ladies V Glace Kid Elastic Sides, H,xtra mgn Girls' Extra High Leg Levant Lace-up Boots, Leg, 7s 6d , . ~, 4-6 3s9d Ladies' Glace Kid Walking Shoes, 4s lld „ „ ~ „ 7-9, 4s 9d Ladies' German Walking Shoes, 6s lld „ „ „ „ " „ 10-13, Ladies' Evening Hhoes, 2s lld, 3s 6d, 3s lld, 4S 5a 9,1 ' 6d, 5s lld. 6s 6d _ 11 - „ Girls' Extra High Leg Copper Toe Lace ; up Boota Ladies' Button Walking Shoes, 6p lld, 7s ua, »a 4—6 3s 9d Hd. 9s 6d, 10s 6d m.. __. __, . ~ ~ ~ .. » .• 7- 9 Ladies' Glove Kid Button Boots, Extra High 8 ~ ~ „ ~ „ „ 10-13, Ladies'' Levant Lace-up Boots, double soles, 5s Log Copper Toe Lace-up Boots Ladies' Levant Elastic Sides, Mock Button, 4—6 ls6d 2a6d superior quality. 6s lld . o,ieoa,_.oa Ladies' Leather Slippers. E'astic Fronts, 2s lld 7-9 3s 9d Ladies' Calf Balmorals, Extra High Leg, 7s 6d, . . „ ~ ~ .slld,"Ba6d J T „■ ~ 10_13"459d Ladies' Systematic Button and Lace Boots, 16s Girls' Calf Elastic Side Boots, own make, from 6d,1756d " "„" „. '' '. 3s nj Ladies Otto Herz Walking Shoes, UB 6a Girls' Sand Shoes. 2s 6d Ladies' Pinet's Walking Shoes, 20s Girls' htrap Shoes, first quality, double soles, ladies'Pinet's Walking Boots, 2bs, 27s M 2a 96. Mens Armour Plated Bluchers, 3s 11a, 4s 6d, 4s Girls' Kid and Levant Elastic Sides, from 3s 9d „' " im "'. '"" Girls' Cordovan House Slippers. 2sl'd Men s Cricket Shoes, all colours, 4s lld Girls' Venetian House Slippers, 2s 9d Men s Calt Walking Shoes, own make, 7s lld Girls' Rational Boots. Extra high Leg, Lace M«n;^"ra d^efcsu.oriOTQTOU^laM and Elastic Sides, 4s lld, 5s 6d Men's Calf Elastic Sides, own make, 68 lld, Bs Boys' Stronsr Copper Toe Lace-up Boots, 7—9, 6d, 9s lld 3s6d Men's Strong Balmorals, own make, 7s 6d Boys' Strong Copper Toe Lace-up Boots, 10-13, Men's English Balmorals, a handsomo line, 8s Boys' Strong Nailed Lace-up Boots, 10-13,5s 6d Mon's Cove and West's Balmorals, 12s 6d, 14p 6d, Boys'StrongNailedLacß-upSct.oolßoot6,lo-_3, 16s6d _ B i,„„«.» n„ ft( . is, m '-4a lld Men s Cove and West s Shooting Boots, 15s od, Boys' Strong Leather Elastic Sides, 3s lld, 1756d,1856d _ 4s lld 5? lld Men s Core and Wests Oxford Shoe 1 , sewn, IZ3 Youtlis' 'strong Nailed Lace-up - Boots, 1-5, 6d,1456d. _ 6s nd Men 6 Cove and West's Kid Shoes, 12s 6d-, 14s 6d, Yo-ths* Strong Elastic Side Boots, own make, ' 17s 6d 6s 6d Mon's Strong: Nailed Watcrtlghts, 7s lld, 8s lld, Youths' Strong Nailed Bluchers, Heel and Toe 956«_1.1056d ..„_.„ .-, ,"-"_, Tips.s6d Men's Kip Nailed Shooting Boots, 10s bd, lis 6d, Ladies' Best High Leg Austrian Prunella Walk- 12s6d • '. .. ' ot .„„ A -, c _V rtmla . l , me Boots 3s 11(1 4s lld 5s lld Men's Carpet and Venetian Slippers, from Is lld An Immense Stock of English and German Men's Strong Leather Slippers, Elastio Fronts, Prunellas, 5a6d,656d, 7s 6d ' 3s 6d Ladies' Kid Laco Boots, Extra High Leg, best Gentlemen's Tennis Shoes. 3s 11d,.456d, ss6d quality, 8s 6d, 9.-i 6d. 10s 6d Peerless Gloss, 6d ; Nubian Slacking, Is Ladies' Glace Kid Button and Laco Boots, Glycerolo, Is; Boot Protectors, 2d per card. SATURDAY, DkO. 17, AND FOLLOWING WEEK-SPECIAL BARGAIN DAYS. MAKE A NOTE OF IT ! TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT ! See the 6d Box. See the 9d Box. See the Is Box. See the Is 3d Box. See the Is (jd Box. See the Is lld Box. Sco the 2s lld Box. All Flowing with Bargains. Repairs done in first-class style with first-class material, and our charges are the most reasonable in town. We are the largest Boot Manufacturers in the North Island, and at the present time are turning out some 3.0Q0 pairs per week. Country order.., if accompanied with cash, will receive prompt attention and despatch. MARK THE ADDRESS- Auckland Gash Boot Palace, 172 Queen-street A U C X LAND. # JR. HA_N"-N"AH & CO., prq-bietors. BRETT'S AUCKLAND ALMANAC, 1888, IS NOW PUBLISHED, and may be had at the Stationers or Stab Office. PRICE The Book contains a vast quantity of specially useful and vatied information, a subjoined list of subjects indicates :— Acclimatization Matamata Estate Administrative Departments; Measurement of an Acre Agriculture, Progress of Medical Practitioners Agricultural Statistics, Counties , Members of Parliament Agricultural Statistics of New Zealand Memoranda for_ 12 Months Arrival and Departure of Mails Mercantile Institutions Art Gallery and Free Library Meteorological Observations Astronomical Phenomena Ministry, Members of -„.„_. Auckland, City of ' Money Ordprs, P.O. and Telegraph Auckland. 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Police Forpe and priminal Class Criminal Classes Population of Australasia, 1885 Crops, Average Yield of Population of New Zealand Crown Lands Alienated, Australia, 1885 Population Of Auckland ; Crown Lands of Auckland Postal Returns of Australasia Customs Revenue ! " Postage Rates Customs Tariff Post 0*864' Information Defence of the Cplony Post Office Receiving Boxes Direct Service Mail Time Table Produce, etc., Prices of Distances at Sea, Table of Protestant Alliance Dividends paid by Thames Mines Principal Articles of Calendar Drowned, How to Treat Apparently Proportionate Public Revenue of Australa- Druids' Directory, etc. „ sia. 1885 . Eastern Inland Route Proportionate Public Expenditure of A_a- Eclipses during Year tralasia, 1885 Educational Matters Public Revenue of Australasia Employment of Females. Statistics ' Public Expenditure of Australasia English Mail Time Table Public Debt of Australasia, 1885 Farm and Garden Calendar for 12 Months Public Libraries, Statistics qf , Farm Homesteads on Perpetual Lease ' saß5 a 8^ n 4_B _B C L Financial Condition of the Colony Railway Statistics Fire Alarms {},:>' i' Ready Reckoner Flax Mills, Statistics of Rechahites _ •.:,:., Friendly Societies' Statistics Religious Denominations Game Season Revenue and Expenditure General Government, The Rotdrua to Rotomahana «i Gold-Mining Statistics llotorua to Wairakei Good Templars, Ind. Order Rotomahana Chasm Good Templars, N.Z. OjjdfeS ;. * Seasons of the \ ear Government Departments at Wellington San Francisco Route Mail Time Table Grain Mills , Settlements South pf Auckland Grey Collection Settlements North of Auckland H.A.C.B.S. 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Business Kotices. --j, T.&S.IOBRO & CO. (LIMITED), HARDWARE MERCHANTS, ETC., ETC., ETC. T. & S. MORRIN & CO. have now landed STOCK of the under, mentioned Goods, and invite inspection. GARDEN CJEIAIRS, GARDEN SEATS, &c. (LAWN TENNIS GOODS. Single and Double String Tennis Rackets. A SPECIAL LINE OP INEXPENSIVE TENNIS RACKETS. TENNIS BALLS! I LAWN TENNIS MARKERS! . J TENNIS POLESt TENNIS NETS! UWN FVBOWERS! LAWN SVSOWERS2 New Improved Lawn Mowers, light and easy to work. Lawn Mowers at all prides. MASON'S FEUIT JAES.. « THE SIMPLEST AND BEST FOR PRESERVING ALL KINDS OF FRUIT, ETC., ETC. • FRUIT PRESERVING PANS, ENAMELLED IRON, BRASS, COPPER, ETC. ALL SIZES IN STOCK*, lee Cream Freezers, lee Safes, lee Boxes, Garden Hose, Lawn Sprinklers, Etc. T. & 8. MORRIN" & GO. - (LIMITED), Furnishing Ironmongers \ -. . AUCKLAND, N.Z. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i__» I. ■~... .. . \..'mmmmmmmmmmtf^^ BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS! T. EVANS, KARANGAHAPE RQ AD, Dsr_±!"^_ r TO_sr Calls the attention of his numerous Customers and Public generally to the Splendid Stock of Boots and Shoes of all kinds, made on his own premises specially for the pr .sent season, by some of the most practical workmen in the Colony. The goods are 'made of the very best English and Colonial leather, and for style, durability and cheapness cannot be surpassed. The following is a price list of the most serviceable lines :— s. d. Men's Elastic Sides, Colonial calf... _, ... ... 10 9 Men's smart Lace-ups, English kip ~. ... .._. 10 9 Best cow hide: Watertight, strong ._. ... .J, 11 9 Bhjphers, Colonial kip ... ... ... ,„ ... 6 9 Women's Calf Kjd Leglets ••• ••* — ••- 9 9 Dairy Boots ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 9 ; Boys' and Girls' School Boots, High and Low Legs, suitable for town or country wear, and without doubt the best and cheapest in tho trade. Also a large variety of English, French and German goods, in Low Shoes, Leglets, Button, and Elastic, and a splendid assortment of Boys' and Girls' Patent and Kid Low Shoes. Please note the Address :—r ' M% qp_. lEV_A-iTS_ THE PEOPLE'S BOOT MAEEB, KARANGAHAPE ROAD, NEWTON, j, The Best and Cheapest House in the Colony for Boots. __ _ _— 4 SUMM_~E"R, 1887-88. . j Wilson,Williams&MgCul4gh j Would invite the attention of the public to their Direct Importations for the "present season, ex s.s. "Ruapehu," "Tainui," etc., including a splendid assortment of Ginghams, French Sateens, and all Wool Dress Materials in '-'. the newest shades. Yosemite, Bengal and Egyptian Stripes in Lawns and * Other light Fabrics, specially selected for this climate. -'■:.-.■■■■•! . I 4trW ~ : —" — A French and English Millinery in Exquisite Models i A great diversity of Styles in Suminor Visites, Dolmans, Dust Cloaks, etc Special Line of Gloves in Taffetta, Silk, Kid, and Swede, at astonishingly low prices. Morley's and Brettle's Hosiery in Silk, Lisle, Cotton and Cash more, in 'Black and Colours. ''.'s•: ...... .■.._.."., „ - , ■ ;.|l|,i;.. \ 1 . ..... . ' ' ■. ;~J Parasol? and Sunshades in the Newest Designs; H A LOT OF GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN FANCY GOODS. POT PLANTS ' ETC., FOR THE CHRISTMAS TRADE. ' *~ ' '"it.,;-. ' . -' f*'-*" : " These Goods being all Imported Direct, will be found marked abprieea tlj .. are worthy of public attention* Wilson, Williams and McCdlugh NEW ZEALAND HOUSE, *' V jio & WSi queen af nem; \