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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 11, 11 August 1916, Page 7

-IN—LADIES' Bnlnnee of our season's stock, together \vi;h job purchases, thrown out in lots at very low prices. Lot 1 —Your pick at Lot 2 —Your pick at Lot 3 —Your pick at EVERY COAT A DISCOUNT BARGAIN CASH ONLY CASH ONLY Drapery and Clothing Stores Stratford FORD. FORD. •MAKINCAMAOATHE UNIVERSAL CAR. I I | -> REDUCED PRICES: 6-SEATER TOURING CAR £2lO 2-SEATEIt RUN-ABOUT £ps. f.0.b., Wellington. ~ ■ aitt • • - . . ."■ <>v«)T Guaranteed against Reduction during 1916. This Reduction h sok'ty owing to the FORD Company's improved, method.of packing, thus saying fr&ifcht. Purchasers or "FORDS" at the higher price are requested to apply i'oi refund under our guarantee against reduction. SOLE AGENT,j; A LAH D- C UFF, BROADWAY, STRATFORD. REPAIRS BY MEN WHO UNDERSTAND THEIR BUSINESS.

(FREE OF KIEW ZEALAND INCOME-TAX-) THE Government hereby invites the public of New Zealand to subscribe £8,000.000, authorized 1 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, lor ine purpose or 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 4* 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 £1 up to £SO at the Post Office. Interest Will be paid half-yearly at the Treasury, WeSlmgton, 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 leverally become payable, up to 28th February, 1917, will be paid on Ist March, 1917. Interest on the deposit will date from the Ist September, IVlb. Lodgments-- Forms of application may be obtained and lodgments 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. Lodgments will be made as follows : 25 per cent, deposit to accompany application ; 25 percent., 2nd October, 1916; 25 per cent., Ist December, 1916; 25 per cent., Ist February, 1917. The Minister of Vinanc reserves the right to accept the whole or any part 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. Ihe Controller and Auditor-General will make the allotment, if such is necessary. In case of acceptance of part only of the amount applied for, the surplus of the amount paid as deposit will be 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 lodgments and must be retained and presented in exchange for War Bonds when ready for issue. Bonds payable to Bearer, with Coupons attached, will be issued after the full subscription has been paid, in denominations of £SO, £IOO, £SOO, £IOOO, or such higher denominations as may be arranged, and will be repayable at par in New Zealand at date ot 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. Applications wES9 close on 21st August, 1916, but the Minister of Finance reserves the right to close at a prior date, or to extend the period. JOSEPH GEORGE WARD, Minister of Finance. TREASURY, WELLINGTON, N.Z., sth AUGUST, 1916.