The ways of the man who complains about the cost of living are strange. In one case in Napier a man was talking to another about his struggle to live happily, though married, on £5 10s per week. His house, he said, cost him “so much,” fuel cost him “so much, ’’etc. It happens incidentally that cigarettes a'so cost him “so much,” In fact, that “so much” amounts to not less than 26s 3d per week, as the gentleman concerned smokes five packets during the course of each day, and what is more the 7d brand is not good enough. Wonder whether wifey ever goes to afternoon tea' in town? vertise it for sale in the “Times.” Turn that article into cash. Ad-
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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 610, 22 February 1921, Page 5
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123Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 610, 22 February 1921, Page 5
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