BUSINESS NOTES

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 1916, Page 3

BUSINESS NOTES

Messrs. Stileis and Matheson, Ltd.. Levin, will begin their annual winter sale next Saturday. A new advertisement tn appear in to-morrow's Chronicle will give details of some of the bargain lines.

Overcoats tire one of the lint*. from a big assigned slock being sold by -Messrs. Millar and Giorgi, Palmorston .North. 1 iie same linn is also clearing iinei of mercery and footwear.

Ai .Shannon saleyardis nest Tuesday, a li colloid property situated in .Shaii--11011 will he sofcl by public auction, by oider of the Public Trustee. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., the am t'oncers, advertise particulars of the property in this issue of »he Chronicle.

On the subject of paper, the Government Printer, in his last report to Parliament, says :—During the p#ist year, the difficulties in obtaining supplies of paper have been'constantly increasing, and tho prices have advanced in some cases more than 200 per cent., and in but few cases is paper obtainable at le«~ than 100 per cent, advance. l''ortunately large orders were placed previously to the crisis having reached its acute stage, which has resulted in a saving to the Government of thousands of pounds sterling. As a consequence of the difficulty of obtaining paper, the number printed of Gazettes ami Parliamentary papers has been reduced, and we have also been obliged To cut down the issue ot the statutes. Supplies of certain lines of papers and pasteboards are difficult to obtain at any price, and it is unlikely that t:i;s condition of affairs will improve for some time. Envelopes arc almost unobtainable, and it is doubtful if it will bo possible to secure these in any but small quantities till the close of the war. The [loyal Commission set up in England to deal with the paper shortage is not looking forward to a speedy termination of the present condition of affairs.