FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 7; 9

PUBLISHED BAILY.—P3&ICE ONE PENNY



1888. Fi "F>- k ~-f '*' rw 'Ti t" r ft Afl ZE JJI, Wholesale & Retail GROCERY DRaPEB, <fee, &c» HAS ON SALE AT Reduced Price® /or the present Festive Season A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF Preserved Fruits, INCLUDING THE FINEST CURRANfS°RAiSINS MUSCATELS, CANDIED PEEL, Etc., Etc. Now Opening s CHOICE NEW SEASON'S ■" Teas, All Psioks. Bng-ars : A Splendid Consignment o the bee .'White Sugars at lowest rates. BB'OSlf 8 ICiCOIFIOf lOHEEY A Choice Selection from the best Manufacturers. Tlie Cheapest and Best House io Men's and Boys' CLOTHING, SHIRTS, MERINO SINGLETS, TWEEDS, BOOTS and SHOE^, Eto. A great variety of HATS, &c» Best value in CALICOES, SHIRTINGS BLANKETS. Special Value in DRESS MATERIALS, CASH- MERES, GLOVES, CORSETS, NEW PRINTS, RIBBONS, LAC ES, &g. Ironmongery Importer of every description of English and American- Ironmongery. A large shipment of CUTLERY and Electro-platad SPOONS and FORKS, all of which have been marked at lowa** prices. &JT A five assortment of ELECTRO-PLATED GOODS. Earthenware Dinner Services, Dessert Services, Breakfast Services, Tea Services, Toilet Ware, &c. Fancy DEPARTMENT £ Opera, Field, and Marine Glabsos, Bags, Portmanteaus, Cigars, Pipes, and Tobacconists' Sundries, Perfumery and Soaps, Combs, Brushware, Pockot Kuives, &c, &c. B. F wishes to call the attention o Shipping Agonts to his recent and varied shipments oi Hiip Ciiancjlery. SAILS, TENTg, &c.,', ; mado to order. Repairs executed by a First-class Workman.* Cash Purchaser OF la a ' /"* aT~\. T X* Via / Aff b& mS A. HI WOOL Or LIBERAL ADVANCES^ reasonable Terms* F. is prepared to receive consign- ments of WOOL for shipment London. Liberal advances made on reasonable terms. WOOL, HOPS, WHEAT BARLEY,, OATS, &c, STORED AT CURRENT RATE'S. B. FRANZEM, GENERAL IMPORTER, 'Ine Fort,



Jiff I Publtehed. PRTCE ONE SHILLING. Nelson and West- Coast Almanac AND Year- Book FOR HAS A VERY LARGE AND EXTENSIVE CIRCULATION. The ab'>ve has boen carefully revised, and meny u:eful additions have been inserted Tlie Garden Calendar will bo found to be of greut service (0 tbe amateur Gardener. Tho Tariff, c'so, wMch is tbe most com- plete ia the Colony, will be found uieful to all. A gnat many aUc-raUona hive be?n made this >enr lv the Postal in 'orndition, aDd in fact thrc-Mgbout the book. 