ALL WOOL VERSUS SHODDY. For some time past, especially since the outbreak of war and consequent high prices of wool, there has been a • persistent effort on the part of wholesale houses and certain retail firms to foist shoddy clothing on the public at very much inflated prices. That there is no justification for this beyond a predatory desire to exploit the public is evidenced by the fact that the Melbourne Clothing Company is still selling the following all pure wool colonial clothings at antewar prices. For instance: Men's Kaiapoi suits, 29s Gd; boys' Petone Norfolk suits, size 7, 153 6d, to size 14, 18s 9d; men's Petoue tweed suits, 37s 6d; men's P'tone saddle tweed suits, 39s fld; men's Roslyn boxed suits, 355; boya' Roslyn sport suits, «2£S 8, fia fid, up to ftee 16, 22s 6d. It jyrs t\e steamw Hesperus
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1915, Page 8
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143Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1915, Page 8
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