— For sale a quantity of well-cured Hams and Sides of Bacon, various sizes ; hums from ylbs upwards, suitable for picnics j at reason- able prices —O. Veai.e, Pork Butcher, Gladstone road. 773 KOZIE TEA The Purest,



TO-NIGHT ! 1 TO-NIGHT ' 1 Academy of Music. TTANDEL'S MASTERPIECE, X1 tk T))O Messiah" (The Grandest Choral work ever composed), by Mr T. C. Webb's Choral Society of 45 Voices, Assisted by MISS LARGE and our favorite local soloists. Piano : xUiss Frances Butt. Ojjoan : Mr Pm-cell Webb. Conductor : Mr T. C. Webb, A.T.C-L. ! Tickets ... 2s (id, 2s, and Is. ( To commence at 8. 44 WESLEY CHURCH LADIES' GUILD. SALE OF WORK AND 'XMAS TREE, Wesley Schoolroom, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22nd. Sale of Work open at 2.30. Music and Sing- iug at 7.30. 'Xmas Tree to be cleared at 5.30. Admission to Afternoon Sale of Work, Free ; ditto to Concert and 'Xmas Tree, ticket-holders free, others (id. Sixpenny and threepenny dips for the children. Refreshments on sale aftornoonand evening. GLADSTONE ROAD, GISBORNE. Grocer, Confectioner & Fruiterer. XTr ANTED KNOWN— That I have just opened up a large assort- ment of CONFECTIONERY from all tho ] leading manufacturers. ! -CIRUIT IN ANY QUANTITY. T)UITER (O-.vn Make), Twice Weekly. HAMS AND BACON (Own Cured). , rf-UIEEN PEAS. -j^TKW POTATOES. Country settlers can be supplied witk Peas, Potatoes, etc., etc, at Swarthmoor, Palutahi. ICED DRINKS. 17 THE POVERTY BAY FARMERS' CO- OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. Limited. ALL PERSONS indebted to the Associa- tion arc requested to pay their accounts to the undersigned forthwith. JOHN COLEMAN, , Oiiicial Liquidator of the Poverty i Bay Farmers' Co-operative ; 43 Association, Limited. i " gisborn¥"chorll society. A SPECIAL MEETING of members will be held in tho practice room on WEDNESDAY EVENING next, the 22nd inst., at 7-45 o'clock. To facilitate the drawing up of balance- sheet, members who have not settled for tickets in connection with last concert will kindly do so with Mr Marr or the Secretary , before that date. W. H. CHRISP, , 2b' Hon. Sec. ( PATUTAHI SCHOOL. rpHE ANNUAL SCHOOL CONCERT, ( X In Aid of Prize Fund, Will be held in the Patutahi Public Hall, on TUESDAY", 21 st DECEMBER. ; Tickets, 2s. 959 NOTICE'! ( ALL ACCOUNTS against the barque "Bekchwood" must be rendered to the undersigned, in duplicate, by Noon i TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY). 