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OVER 30,000 People Visited the D.I.C. in One Day. OVER 3,000 People Served in D.I.C. Restaurant. MAKING A RECORD XMAS SHOPPING CROWD ON CHRISTMAS EVE rT"IHIS Great Sh6pping Centre 1 never presented a more gay ,-. and brilliant scene than pn- Ttui's- . 0 ' day last, when almost a quarter of ' 0 the population of Wellington visited ■- theDJ.C. .-.; -•; ;:•■■■•:•. Here is positive proof of the popularity of the D.I.C. as a Shopping •-• ■'■'■■ - • Centre. ■"■ ' ■ ' i ■'.••:.'' * As evening approached the crowds x grew and grew with thousands of ■ "last-minute shoppers—^and there ■ Pwd wasn't the- slightest discomfort or wSom IPJUi A count, °^ t'lc number of people • llilHl : using the Escalator, Elevator and xSgUjV Stairs was kept, and this showed - ..... .the following figures:— . .-.- - — Escalator .. 12,958. _' Elevator .. 5,487 :■ ,.z-"--r..;. Stairway ..6,000 The number of people shopping «- " — • clusively on the ground floor is also estimated at 6,000, making a grand -^•.. total of 30,445. . # A revelation indeed! Proving that Wellington's Greatest Shopping y, Centre offers the Variety, the Value and the Service to make shopping a pleasure from beginning to end,' and ~■ ..,:.--.:. •.. th;^ not only at Christmas time but all; the year round. . ! . . .-, To all our Customers at the Holiday Season we can \ '■.;■. only say we appreciate your Friendship and Patronage. May our Service continue to be a factor in the Prosperity we. wish for you during" the; coming ['year. ■»•■•* *JHHT JB &■ Mm X 9HT Ot V WtC "Now, Sou—Look at MY Shoes" Wben yoa iet yovr bey to olaan hia boots regularly yoa are forming in hnn • nwdiodßoal hdMt that will develop h» Mim ef reaponsibilfty and aHi^r^spcof* - ■ -. Watch your boy's boot* from to-day onwards. Start at once by Batting the "shining exampte" yourself. "WBWPrt" Foitahw and Tfcia a» »»<>* ia »»w Zealand.

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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 13

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Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 13

Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 13

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