Tlic one-time popular impression tlmt fruit in cheaper in Sydney than in Xew Zenldiul would appear to have at present no foundation in fact. A recent visitor to that city said lie found that decent peaches were about 2s Gd a dozen apples from Is fid to Is fld a dozen, and' eating grapes from ltd to la Od per lb—the same hind of grapes that he paid 1(1 a pound for when lie was over there a few years ago. Bananas were Is Gd per dozen. The fruit-selling industry, lie says, is in the hands of the Greeks and Italians, a „d the competition among them is so keen that thev par very high rents for the kiosks" and'shops. The result is that the. public has to iwv high prices for its fruit. ' RHEUMATISM. Br. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment removes more cases of rheumatism cvctv year than all the so-called rheumatism medicines combined. It will penetrate to. your very bones, and soothe and subdue the pain. The first application i will relieve, and continued use will brine about marvellous results. Price, 1« 0? and 3s. Obtainable at Johnston Bros.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 204, 26 February 1914, Page 5
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189Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 204, 26 February 1914, Page 5
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