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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 73, 2 August 1912, Page 9

RAILWAY HOTEL, CRANITY. Good Tablo. Hot and Cold Baths ani Sea Bathing. Good Lawn. / Staples' and Local Beer on Tap. Good Stabling. Hot Water Gratis for Picnic Parties and use of Bathrooms. ' MRS. F. H. MARTIN, Proprietre*. ■) ARTHUR BARNETT, LTD., Hμ PEOPLES DRAPERS, DUNEDISJ JJERE YOU ARE? Out of Season, but what matter? Think of the Savin* I Wo will post to any part of New Zealand Oα* Pair of Highest Qu*litj DOUBLE BED COLONIAL BLANKET! Fer ISS Bd. Usual price, 25». The greatest bargain em offered in the Dominion' gARNETTj LTD.*

EDISON SAYS"DEFERRING to the high cost of liv* ing: "In no country of the worfd( arc the primary producers making uaj reasonable profits, but the merchante and retailers increase prices out of all proportion to the services they render to tlio community." There is the kernel of the vexed quc»«' tion of the high cost of living in these days. It is not tho manufacturers (it* tliis country, in particular) who arfl[ making big profits. H is the combine*! tion of heavy working expenses aiul profits (manufacturers', merchants , * and retailers'), all of which have to be borne by tlio poor consumer, that' makes living so dear. ''Then wliy so many profits and so many handlings;- , " we hear you ask, and we are pleased to see you are beginning to wake up. We have been asking you Cas the consumer) that question for the past 18 months;. Why should every article that is manufactured bo sold, in tit! , I'i'st p':ic n . to the retailor for his benefit, when lie docs nothing to add to ihc value of the goods, hui certainly does add largely to 'their cost to the consumerr We are the only firm of clothing manufacturers in New Zealand who ir.nke their own clothing, and sell il direct to the public at first cost, without any, .shop expenses or profits, and our valiwn aro therefore absolute bedrock, and cannot be beaten. You are cordially invited to walk upstairs to our warehouse and inspect for yourself. It is to your interests to give us a Vrial, and it is a duty you owe to your friends to toll them of the savin;; w" can make for you, and them. Crown Clothing .Manl'g. Co.. Ltd.. Cashel si rc»i. (ovur C'raddoek. Mc(*)slie ai:d C.'o.'s). aud eoi'iier of Manchester street, Christchurch (and Klliott sii'eei. Au<-klai(4 ■through Strand Arcade). rpHE FLACK TO STAY IX CHIUST-CJILMJCJ-I. STOREY'S HOTEL RIGHT OI'I'OSn'F. RAILWAY STATION. Proprietor " 0. S. JAMRS, MCr ,ORM!CK ' S M ART. NEW AND SECONDHAND CLOTHING, of Every Description, and Sold. 29 Manohester St., OH^JSTCHUR&H