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Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1920, Page 4

The. Melbourne's stock of men's shirts has been further augmented by a little lot of tobraleo striped neglige shirts which will be sold at 12s (id; also men's Police braces 2s lid, boys' braces Is 3d. youths' braces Is fid and Is lid nud silk collars Is lid and 2s fld. A Christcluirch tailor was asked if he could give approximately the difference in the prices he had to pay for a New Zealand-made cloth and an imported fabric of precisely the same quality and weight. Ho at once indicated two samples of worsted, one English-made, and the other made in the Roslyn mills. "The first cost me 30s a yard" he said, "and the Roslyn stuff cost me 19s fld." The English worsted is certainly not worth 30s, but owing to the great' difficulty in getting suitings at all, I was glad to take it. This cloth here, which is Kaiapoi made, cost me 17s 6d a yar.i from the warehouse. Before the war it would have cost me 8s Od to 9s per yard. It is quite true, I think, that a good deal of dealing in cloth is taking place. Representatives of various firms are very keen in picking up any lengths of stuff at what they consider good value, and then they hawk it about to the tailors, putting on their profit, of course, and in many eases the tailors are very glad to buy at any price, owing to the difficulty they have in getting supplies at all." It's the thief who uses his head that makes the haul. The Australian papers lately have been full of the sweat of a gang of safe-blowers who have put in long nights of toil and bad language for a return of 4s. 9d., or something equally" discouraging. Contrast that crowbar work with the artistry of the Sydney Savings Bank thief who saw an elderly woman draw £IOO in two £SO notes. As she -was going out of the door he wnipped off his hat and touched her on the arm, saying, politely, "Could you let me examine those notes again, madam? I want to check the numbers." She allowed the spruce young stranger without a hat to usher her to a seat. He took the notes with a bow, and stepped lightly to the door, getting right away. The overwhelming experieno of thousands testify to the /alue of "Nazol," as an prFaetive ureeaution influenza, ttc ,