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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1732, 30 June 1917, Page 1

i s -|‘oo9^ > 3 re m w wm ss TC 7^ &Jk m yu gAC fTf* TVSr.< as S)-U KT* f ut It&lPiOflW i KFrt< w^a^SA.iL)6-_.MBB i .caAS£Xg moizsMinwECHASiiT rv:i : tr-t VAJI tS’-;>s as® ss Do you buy direct from this Wholesale Warehouse.* LAIDLAW LEEDS’ NEW WAREHOUSE (now completed) has reached a total cost, with land and internal fittings, of slightly,over .£38,000. It is one of the largest and best equipped in the Dominion. It is six storeys high, and contains over one million cubic feet of space, every inch of which is occupied in carrying the enormous stocks of merchandise necessary to meet the requirements of their customers throughout New Zealand. • Five cart entrances, 3 electric lifts, 38 typewriters, 24 automatic telephones (each connected by a trunk line to the Government Exchange), 3 adding machines (2 electrically operated), and a ‘staff of 180 are all kept exceedingly busy with the enormous business that is daily handled. All this is the result of having the courage of their convictions in opening their wholesale warehouse lo fanners and ont-of-town buyers of New Zealand, thus saving them the enormous profits made by the retaib rs. Our RIG General Wholesale Catalogue of Grocery, Hardware, Implements, Jewellery, • Drapery, Roots. Saddlery, Furniture, etc., is FREE. If you have one, use it; if you haven’t, write to-day. It’s yours without obligation. See the low freights to your town on the front paves. < (THERE'S A REASON FOR OUR WONDERFUL GROWTH). ' W LAIDLAW LEEDS (Our Guarantee: Satisfaction or money back.) SUPPLIERS OF EVERYTHING IN THE WIDE WORLD DIRECT TO YOU AT WHOLESALE PRICES. WHOLESALE MERCHANTS Warehouse—Corner of Hobson and Wyndham Sts., Auckland.

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION. LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea Islands, I l Ad. for first 4 oz. or fraction thereof; l Ad. for- each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and British possessions, l%d for each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards.—lnland : Single Id ; reply, 2d. All other places: Single, i%d; reply 3d. REGISTRATION. Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it under the hand-to-hand check of every officer dealing with it. Registered matter should he placed in strong coveys. All classes of matter may be registered; but commercial papers, printed papers, ete., must be so packed as to admit of easy examination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which it is registered. If a further receipt is desired from the addressee, this will be obtained upon payment by the sender of an additional fee of 2 l Ad. at the time of registration 01 subsequently. In the event of the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which New Zealand has a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmaster-General consents, under certain conditions, to be liable to pay a sum not exceeding £2. POSTAL NOTES j New Zealand.—The notes are issued tor nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows :—For notes of I/, 1/6, 2/-, and 2/6, poundage %d 3/- and 5/-, poundage id.; 10/-, 15/-, and 20/-, poundage 2d. British Postal Ofders.—British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d. to £1 are issued for payment in the United Kingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is: Up to 2/6, Id; to 15/-, 2d; to £l,-3d. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand).—For sums not over £5 the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, gd; £2O, is.; £25, is 3d; £3O, is Sd; £35. is Qd; £40,25. TELEGRAPH. Tariff rates. telegrams, from any station to any station, for 12 words or less, including address and signature, 8d; for every additional word, l Ad. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature, 1/2 for every additional word, id. )THE SECRET OF BOOT EASE 1 Dales' Dubbin makes the leather ksoft and pliable, lengthens Its life, leepi it thoroughly waterproof, HP USB IT ON BOOTS, SADDLES, A UABBBBS Exhibition Hightst Awards: Over 1 jo ' n/utation. Sold in tins mryaikeru \ MANUFACTURED AT DUNSTABLE, ENG.