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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 81, 2 November 1916, Page 8

AUCTION HALEB. T I I/ MASON ’ AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION AGENT. Full Stocks of First-class Furniture. SEEDS, GRAIN, FERTILIZERS, FARM IMPLEMENTS. j^issrs jQALF M EAL ' Agents for Booth and McDonald’s Agricultural Implements. Auction Sales at the Mart every Saturday. AT THE MART. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1916. rp LAMASON will sell:— Poultry, vegetables, produce, barrels, plough. Also, on behalf of Mr G. M . Mills amf another client, who is leaving the district, a quantity of furniture and sundries, comprising: Child’s cots, brass rail and wooden bedsteads, wire mattresses, copper, Perfection stoves, banging lamps, linoleums, kitchen dresser, dressing tables, dini ing room table, conches, duchesses, Egyptian statutes, wicker chair, ball stand, and a quantity of sundries. Five ewt factory cured bacon. Ladies’ and Gents’ Bicycles. One double buggy (nearly new), and set of double harness.

jL The Third A. *icle of a Series dealing W*™ a question which VitudY affects every housewife* The increased demand for tea t<s-> day is due to to the tact tha*. huge quantities are wanted for the 25 million men under arms. The Heads of the Armies of the world know that there is no drink so stimulating and beneficial, and hence they must have tea for their men no matter what it costs. Then, too, at the stroke of a pen, die great Russian Nation has been turned into a tea drinking people, and the money previously spent on Vodka is now available for the purchase of tea But there is only a limited supply of tea and that , supply is not sufficient to fill the present requirements. Hence at the tea auctions in Ceylon it has risen in price month by month, until to-day it costs the packer to 3d per lb. more than in August last. This, of course, affects New Zealr jd very greatly, for the finest tea in the world has been sold here at prices which cannot be equalled. Although this seems a bold statement, it is one that will bear the closest investigation. For instance, a great proportion of the tea imports to England consist of what is known as “red stalk’’ tea, the lowest possible grade—so low that >it is prohibited throughout Australasia. Yet even this lowest grade is sold in England at 1/6 or more per lb., while for fine teas of the quality of “Amber Tips,” 2/8 to 3/4 per lb. is asked.c : Tea experts the world over are aston--1 ishod at the remarkable quality, flavour, I fragrance and value given in “ Amber Tips” at so low a twice, and it is because no better value can be obtained anywhere, that “Amber Tips” is to-day the most popular brand in New Zealand, Millions of packets of “Ambers Tips” are sold per annum. It is stocked in every shop from the North Cape to the Bluff. Only exceptional value could be responsible for so exceptional a sale. But fine tea is now costing the , “Amber Tips" Proprietors, as well as other tea merchants, an average of 2Jd. to 3d. per lb. more than in August, 1914. Therefore, if a fair price was charged before the war, the tea merchant is to-day faced with an enormous loss should he continue to pack the same quality at his old prices. i Of coure there is the alternative of cheapening the quality by an admixture of inferior, less healthful teas, The “Amber Tips” Proprietors wore advised by many to do this, but instead they decided to raise the price by 2d. per lb., and to continue to give the public that same splendid value which has always been associated with the name “Amber Tips.” Now, Mrs. Housewife, what its your opinion of the whole matter? Would you rather have the same delightful flavour, quality, purity and value and pay a penny a J-U>- packet more—or would yon rather have an inferior and less healthful tea at the old price ? But you oay “other teas have not been raised in prices.” If so you can readily see that either excessive prices were charged before the war—so excessive that even an extra 2td. or 3d. in cost per lb. still enables a profit to be made —or quality must be reduced, othera heavy lost, must be faced. But even at increased figures Amber Tips is still the cheapest tea you can buy. Cup for cup, value for value, nothing else can equal it, while it is so pure and healthful that it can be taken by even those of the weakest digestion. tinrely these facts should weigh with you. Consider them carefully—write and tell us your conclusions. We believe that you u int quality and that you want value. Fithat, reason we have raised our prices 1- cause only by doing so can wo continue "■> give you the same honest quality and It., same honest val:"V 101 1/10, 2/-, r 2 per lb. The only tea that Ac to incrcafe its prices—the foregoing i. .11 tell you why. Hundreds of Peoplj Testify ShaS •gig* 1 ' a ctnrllng Remedy fo* hflwenza I