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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 29, 4 February 1913, Page 2

1 f School Time is -near, and the boys will be Ifa ' wanting, . clothe^* We ; invite jmjm fas Mothers to look over our new i Boys*' School [ ■! / ;;Suit^ : . r „. .. ', 11 m made with plain shorts <5r breeches. I F rom IZL/O i HALLENSTEIN BROS. ifmm^M j LIMITED ■ D SDMI ' 278 LAMBTON QUAY, and Corner ■ iSiH • , Ct»A and OHVZNEE StS. |l^^uj^McTg^[ r ' ' • • ■ i f, Have you bceti^ Victimised ? 3 ,' -• -v -' ''» ••' ' t.-.k. • t'As a wdpnirf|^6 out 4 customers, we publish hepewith , " the 'following t" extract from the. American, Inland Stations* fot* Oofcdber, 1912, as some day fakers of the type mentioned in the article may exploit Australasia. , ■ , \: v Frauds m Fountain Pens ! , Fountain ' pen fakers usually opsn a sftiall store, and ' t • placard .the window with flaring placards telling all j-, • about the "manufaaturers* Sample's" -6f ,foutltaih pens thay are 1 selling at 7/6 of thereabouts. These , fountain pens, the card say, are peally worth from 12/B -to &% but on account of a spddial purfiHaae, eto.; are ; ■ j • -being sold at the low price of 7/6. A display of gaudily decorated pens in plush boxes is usually shown in' eonneation witH the placard. Of < - coupse,' the pens are not manufacturers' samples, nor - J are they higtugpade pens sold at bargain prices. In fact, ■ , , no manufaeturef 's naitie appeal on them Ut* obvious Reasons. They are a thinly-washed imitation of the . i»eal aftlole, and, of ooursd, they are sbon out of service, ' ; . The faker, after a prosperous business for a month op two, vanishes, and when 1 the .buyer of such a pen wants it repaired, he is surprised to learn that it will cost him mor.e than it would to have purchased a Really' worth-while aPtlele in the first place, The faker does not repair his gobds. „<*.• These f akers do distinct harm to the fountain pen industry, as many buyers* after trying a "fdufttaift " pen ; ■ of that type, never try another. They never Peally leartt the merit of a good fountain pen. ' ; . ' \ , ' ' There is no objectien' to ti^e,«ale pt cheap fountain , •' . . ..., 'i\ ' - petts when the buyer is told just what he Itf buying— - r that Is fair.' Sut whan he is .misled into belifeving he is" ■ - . ■><„ ■ f< i buying a high 1 ppiaed fountain pen "fit* about j7/6, it is - f fpaud-ptire ,aftd simple-/ Arid eVfcry effdrt Should be 1 ; .- i t . ' madetdsquelah'vendofis-ofthijstyiia.**, *' t '•" ; * Don't be misled! Buy a pen that sells on its name— the " Swati " ot the " dnoto " ! WHITCOMBES GREAT SALE I ( Hope Bros. .- ■< CUBA STREET (Opposite Te Aro House) s Have^purch«.ed «t HALF-COST, good* Jtnl wHvml which ww* ordered by Rhime. A Co., Uti pi Cuba Street We are 6ttetfag c ,'WJNICS' t AND*NEGMGE'SMmTS— '. • ' • ' .Usually' a/n 8«(e f*rto«r a/6 • - - Usually 7/6 Sftle Prlo* 2/1 1 ;" ! NATCRAL''WOOL SimivtS *«i feffc' 6 S '"' '"""" !.' BLACK CASHMERE H A LP.H^E- Usaally * ** ""' W"' „'"•'• * ! Usually if- Safe Pttoe 3 for 2/6 ' ■ ' FANCV-dftSHME^ HALr-HOS^^ * " "?''" "' ■: soti nsa- hats- . . UsuaU) " a/6 " 8 "" " IM ' •" '" ' Usual price s/6 Sale Pri69 3/11 • „ • * Wsually 6/6 aad 7/6- Sale Pttoe 4/11 -STRAW HATS— Usually 3/6 to S/6> Sale fHces 1/- to fi/fi ; PYJAMAS^- - Usually^s/-6 and 7/6 Sftle Prices 3/11 and 4/1 1 I WCSRKING TROUSERS— .... ■ ■ ' ■ • Usually 6/m and 8/6 Sale Prices 1/11 and 6/11 I MEN'S SUITS— 40 par cent, or 4/- In the £ off B Hope Bros. h "The People's Merc e*s .•' J,