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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 93, 16 November 1916, Page 8

AUCTION eiftLElt. T I L amason ' AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION AGENT. Full Stocks of First-class Furniture. SEEDS, GRAIN, FERTILIZERS, FARM IMPLEMENTS. B IBBY’S C ALF M eal ' Agents for Booth and McDonald’s Agricultural Implements. Auction Sales at the Mart every Saturday. AT THE MART. SATURDAY, 18th NOVEMBER. rjl LAMASON will sell:— Poultry, vegetal lies, furniture, comprising; Duchess, dressing table, marble top washstaml, kitchen dresser and tables, oil stove and oven, child’s cot, general assortment of crockery, carpenter’s tool chest and tools, lawn ‘mower, and sundries. Also—Loiig-shaftcr gig and harness, double- buggy and harness (good), part sets gig harness, 1 l-gallon copper and stand, single furrow plough, and a quantity of factory-cured bacon. Sale at 12..‘J0 sharp. TIMBER and CORRT’GATED IRON on behalf of the new Picture Theatre Proprietors, will ho sold on the site, Saturday, December 2nd. Particulars latfT.

The Third Article of a Series with a question which Vitally affects every housewife* The increased demand for tea i6' day is due to to the tact tha* huge quantities are wanted for the 2o 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 mast have tea lor their men no matter what it cdsis Then, too, at the stroke of a pen, t-he great Russian Nation has been filmed 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 tc-day it costa the packer to 5d per lb. mote than in August last. '' This, of course, affects New Zeal/ jid very greatly, for the finest tea in the world has been sold here at price* #hich 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 Whafi&'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 % 3ld per lb. is asked, 'ai ex Tea experts the world over are astonished at the remarkable quality, flavour, fragrance and value given in “ Amber Tips” at so low a price, and it is because no better value can bo obtained any- , where, that “Amber Tips’ - is to day the t most popular brand in New. Zealand, Millions of packets of “Ambers 'Tips” are sold Tier annum. It is stocked in every shop from the North Capo to the Bluff. Only exceptional value could be responsible for so exceptional a sale. But fine tea is now costing the “Aiiiber Tips” Proprietors, as well as other tea merchants, an average of 2sd. to 3d. per lb. more thin in August, 1014. Therefore, if a fair price was charged before the war, the tea merchant to day faced with an enormous loss should he continue to pack the same quality at his old prices. Of couro there is the alternative of cheapening the quality by an admixture of inferior, less healthful teas, The “Amber Tips” Proprietors were 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 is your opinion of the whole matter? Would you rather have the same delightful flavour, quality, purity and value and pay a penny a J-lb. packet more—-or would you rather have an inferior and less healthful tea at the old price ? But you say “other teas have not been raised in prices.” If so you can readily see that either excessive prices were charged before the war—bo excessive that even an extra 2-Jd. or 3d. in cost per lb. still enables a profit to bo made —or quality must be reduced, other- & heavy lost, must be faced. But even a increased figures Amber Tips is still lie cheapest tea yon can buy. Cup for cup, value for value, nothing else can «,qual it, while it is so Cure and healthtu. ’hat it can be taken y even those of the weakest digestion. Surely these facts should weigh with you. Consider them carefHly—write and tell us your conclusion •*. We believe that you want quality ami that you want value. For that reason mc have raised our prices because only by doing so can wo continue to give you the same honest quality and the same honesi 101 cn 1/10, 2/-, 2/2 ptr lb. The only tea that hag to inn-ease its trices—the foregoing will (ell you why. .