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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 94, 17 November 1916, Page 8

AUCTION SAL Eft. T. I. L AMASQN, AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION AGENT. Full Stocks of First-cfass Furniture. SEEDS, GRAIN, FERTILIZERS, FARM IMPLEMENTS. T>IBBY'S ~ Agents for Booth and McDonald's Agricultural Implements. Auction Sales at tho Mart every Saturday. i AT THE MART. SATURDAY, 18th NOVEMBER. ■1 LAMASON will soil:— Poultry, vegetables, furniture, comDuchess, dressing table, mai„_j washstand, 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, j Also—Long-shafter*gig and harness, ;gy and harness (good), part ; harness, 14-gallon copper and stand, single furrow plough, and a quantity of factory-cured bacon. Sale at 12.30 sharp. ■ TIMBER and CORRUGATED IRON on behalf of the new Picture Theatre Proprietors, will be sold on the site, Saturday. November 25th. Particulars later.

The Third Article of a Series dealing with a question which vitally affects every housewife* The increased demand for tea today is due to to the tact thai, huge quantities are wanted tor 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, Vhe great Russian Nation has been turned, into a tea drinking people, and the money previously spent on Vodka is now available lor the purchase of tea But there only a limited «upply of tcaand that supply is not sufficient to fill the present requirements. Hence at the tea auctions in Cevlon it has risen in price month by month, until te-day it costs the packer 2§d to 3d per lb. more than in August last. This, of course, affects New ■Zeal?jid very greatly, for the finest tea in the world iias 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 tiie-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. 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 bettor value can be .obtained any- ' where, 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 .©very shop from the North Gape to the Bluff. Only exceptional value could be responsible for so exceptional a Side. But fine tea is now costing the- " Amber Tips" Proprietors, .as well a?. i 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 ifi to-day faced with an enormous loss should he continue to pack the same quality at his old price*. Of coure there is the alternative of cheapening the quality by an admixture of inferior, less healthful teas, The "Amber Tips" Proprietors were advise.! 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, Mrls. 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 § -lb. packet more—or would you rather have an inferior and leas healthful tea at the old price ? But you nay "other teas have not been raissd in prices." If so you can readily eoe that either excessive prices were charged before the war—so excessive that even an extra 2Jd. or 3d. in cost per lb. still enables a profit to be made —or quality must be reduced, other- & heavy loss must be faced. But even <it increased figures Amber Tips is stili the cheapest tea you can buy. Cup for cup, value for value, nothing else c::n equal it, while it is so pure and health''>u that it can be taken by oven those of the, weakest digestion. Surely these should weigh with you. Consider them ca; fully—write and tell us your conclus o.is. We believe that you want quality an<l that you want value. For that reason wo have raised our prices because only by doing so can we continue to give you tho same honest quality and the same honest 1/10, 2/-, 2J2 par !b. '" The only tea that hag ic h.creaxe its I vricti-rtheforegoing will ttilvouwhiJ. (