Thoughts For The Times

Hokitika Guardian, 2 December 1920, Page 2

Thoughts For The Times

CONMODITIES ANO CURRENCY. % It has been said that prices are the indicator of the economic machine, and as the machine has grown more complex the importance of prices has become more and more evident. It is the action of prices that guides the regulation of supply and demand. The margin of unprofitable production, the limit of consumption, the ratio of values of various commodities are expressed in terms of price, and indeed the whole economic structure of society is bridged upon the relation between commodities and currency.

The Wahine’s mails connected with the Went Coast express at Christchurch this morning., Call in and inspect Stephens Bros, stock of blouses and navy costumes, big reductions; also ready to wear millinery. Cherries! Cherries! Cherries! real sweet and juicy. First of season. Call at “The Rivoli” before they are all gone.-i-Advt. Th o committee of the Westland Racing Club meets at 8.30 o’clock on Friday night to prepare matters for the coming Christmas meeting. The nominations for all events for this important gathering closes on Friday night at 9 o’clock. The race meeting will extend over two days, and the stakes will total £I,BOO. | * * j £l3 10s invested in one of Toohey’s i bicycles will never bo regretted. Call

and see him to-day.—Advt. NORTH BRITISH GARDEN HOSE is the most lasting of all rubber hose. All hardwaremen and rubber storeß can

supply it. What, all married ? Yes, all married now to KEEP SMILING Boot Polish. The quality is so superior and the shine so dazzling, “and so say all of us.”— Hokitika Grocers. ' Children like WADE’S WORM FIGS. Safe and certain remedy for worms. , We are new showing a splendid selection in hearth rugs, carpet runners, linoleums and congoleum. Curtains in all the latest makes, for which we are experiencing a heavy demand. Schroders—who give best value always for your money. Inspection is invited. , Better crops when NORTH BRITISH GARDEN HOSE is used. Regular use is assured by its splendid condition always. No leaking. All hardwaremen.