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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11651, 21 August 1916, Page 7

"TXT A "R LOAN. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT Ah PER CENT. WAR BONDS. (FREE OF NEW ZEALAND INCOME-TAX.) ISSUE OF £8,000,000. rjIHE Government hereby invites the Public of New Zealand to subscribe £8,000,000, authorised to be raised under the Finance Act, 1916, and pursuant to tHe New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, as amended by the New Zealand Loans Amendment Act, 1915, for the purpose of carrying on the Present War. The Loan is by Act of Parliament made a charge on the consolidated revenue of the Dominion. WAR BONDS will be issued on the following terms : Price of Issue Par. Rate of Interest per cent., FREE OF INCOME TAX. Term of Loan 14 years or 25 years. No Bond will be issued for less than £so, but small investors may subscribe sums of £i up to /50 at the Post Office. interest will be paid half-yearly at the'Treasury, Wellington, or at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand, or in London or Australia as may be arranged, on Ist March and Ist September in each year. The first Coupon, representing interest accrued upon the various instalments, from the date upon which they severally become payable, up to tha 28th February, 1917, will be paid on Ist March, 1917. Interest on the deposit will date from the Ist September, 1916 Lodgement®. Forms of application may be obtained and lodgements made at any Postal Money-order Office, at any Bank, or at the Treasury Offices, Wellington. Instalments may be prepaid if desired, but the prepayment of any instalment will not entitle the subscriber to interest, in respect of the first Coupon, in addition to that provided above. Lodgements will be made as follows : 255 per cent, deposit to accompany application; 25 per cent., 2nd October, 1010 ; 25 per cent., Ist December, 1010 ; 1 l 25 per cent., Ist February, IOIY. The Minister of Finance reserves the right to accept the whole or any part of amount applied for, or to decline any application. Should the total applied for. exceed the amount of £8,000,000, the Minister of Finance reserves the right to accept such excess or any part thereof. The Controller and Auditor■= General will make the allotment, if such is necessary. In case of acceptance of part only of amount applied for, the surplus of the amount paid as deposit will bs appropriated towards the payment of subsequent instalments. Interest will not be paid in respect of amounts which are not accepted. In case of default in payment of any instalment at its due date, the deposit and instalments previously paid will be liable to forfeiture. Interim receipts will be issued for lodgements and must be retained and presented in exchange for War Bonds when ready for isssue. Bonds payable to Bearer, with Coupons attached, will he issued after the full subscription has been paid, in denominations of £SO, £IOO £SOO, £I,OOO, or such higher denominations as may be arranged, and will be repayable at par in New Zealand at date of maturity. The Bonds are Government securities in which trustees are authorised to invest trust funds. - . An annual sinking fund is provided for the repayment of the loan. ftPPUeHTIONS will dose on 2Sst Hugust, 1916, but the Minister of Finance reserves the right to dose at a prior date or to extend the period. TREASURY, WELLINGTON, N.Z., sth August, 1916. JOSEPH GEORGE WARD, MINISTER OF FINANCE.

(H.M 14 'ir. wTf F. CHASE --^<l Crofton and Marion. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED WHEELWRIGHT & GENERAL BLACKSMITH IN THE DISTRICT. P.O Box. 15, Phones 10D & 10M, IN thanking my old and new customers for past favours, I beg to notify that I have a stall of first class workmen in both my establishments in .Crofton -and my Marton Branch in Wellington Road, opposite McKenzie’s Garage—where shoeing will bo carefully attended bo, and all agricultural implements repaired at the shortest notice. lam prepared to build Waggons, Spring Drays, Tray Gigs and all class of Vehicles of the latest designs and at reasonable prices. lam prepared to_ paint and trim all kinds of vehicles, and I am making a specialty to repair and paint motor oars at moat reasonable rrices. _ , T , lam also agent for Booth McDonald and International Harvester Co.s Implements, McCormick a'nd Colonial Drills, Lime Bowers, Steel Queen Disc Harrows, 3 and 2-Furrow Ploughs. All implements not in stock obtained at the shortest notice. I am prepared to take second-hand implements and vehicles in part payment for new. I have for sale 1 second-hand 2-furrow plough, 1 single lever plough, Iset 3ft disc harrows, 1 4-inoh tyre dray, 1 4-wheel water cart, 1 scond-hand 13 coulter Reid and Gray Drill, 1 second-hand 11-coulter Farmers’ Favourite Drill, all in good order. All extras kept in stock for the above implements. Catalogues on application. E. CHASE, CROFTON AND MARTON. P.O. Box 15, Phones 10D & 10M.

ALL THE BOOKS THAT ARE MOST WASTED Will be found amongst our comprehensive stocks Ail the Standard Works. All the Latest Novels and Fiction, In 3a 6d, Is 6d and XOd Editions. Also more expensively bound volumes suitable for gifts. You can always be sure of finding what you want at the least cost, so come in and spend half an hour at any time—you gwon’t be obliged to purchase I Big Stocks of Stationery—Leather Wallets—featuring quality at a low price. A. B.'INNES BOOKSELIER MARTON

WALL PAPER SALE 10 PER CENT. DISCOUNT / FOR CASH. Patterns posted on request and Freight Paid During Sale. ALEXANDER CLARK AND GO. 3 Fitzherbert Street, PALMERSTON N. SUPPORT THE FIRM THiT KEEPS THE PRICES DOWH.