King Country Chronicle Wednesday, January 6th, 1915.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 734, 6 January 1915, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Wednesday, January 6th, 1915.

Mr Statham's resignation as member for Dunedin Central will be forwarded to Wellington this .week. It is understood that the- Political Representative Committee will agree to a freeh election between Messrs Munro and Statham, and that an election be filed;

The "sale the settlers wait for"—j John Cobbe's big Feilding clearance sale—is announced in our advertising columns to-day. Mr Cobbe asks us to state that although up to the present time he has had no occasion to increase the prices'of any goods in his store, he cannot undertake to guarantee the old prices indefinitely. Owing to the great wastefulness of the prosent huge war, many lines stocked at Feilding's mail order house must I rise in price, and scores of articles will be unprocurable. The bulk of Jphn Cubbe's Etocks were bought prior to the war and the usual rates have not been increased. Notwithstanding the tendency of n rising market the UEiial riraßtic price cutting'will be resorted to at the BummeivsaJa commencing on Wednesday, January 13tb, and all who wish to save money should make a point of calling or mailing thsir ordei'3 early. Catalogues and sale lists are post free on requsßt to John Cobbe, Fei.hling:

Those Aucklanders ell over the province who have worked hard to ensure the 6UtcceEs of tho Auckland Belgian Relief Fund, and the thousands of people who have done the next best thing by contributing to the fund, will have csuso for gratification in a message received, from King Albert of" Belgium.- The Belgian Minister for Foreign. Affairs at Havre, in conveying to Mr Robert Burns, Aeting-Consal for Belgium, best wishes for the New Year, cables aa follows: —"His Majesty desires.mo to express bis most sincere thanks to the people of Auckland Province for their good wiaheß and for the prac r tieal proofs of their sympathy."