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Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1920, Page 4

A Pahnerston draper lms been victim' isea to tlie extent of £lO in a very aim.* 1 pie manner. A telephone cull announcer! the name of a well-known client who would be at a hotel in the evening to pick up a selected parcel of clothing, which was duly delivered there. It tu called for by an unknown young lady of good address, The receipt of the account ut the 'end of tlie month disclosed the fraud. The Journal of Public Health for PA'* I'uary shows that Auckland, with a population of ltiS,4lo had 382 cases of diseases notified during January, of which. 253 were influenza. Wellington, Wit It 107,049 population, had UOB cases notified, of which 543 were influenza. North end bouth Canterbury combined had only 02 cases notified, and Otago (JO. The Waikato, with a population of 56,749, had 193 cases of influenza notified. The number of pneumonic cases shows ft d®cided decline. "The difficulty in regard to profits »r----ing 18 how to decide when a manufacturer or 'merchant is ensuring himttif against a rapid fall in prices at a titfle when lie is holding big stocks, gr when' he is taking advantage of an extraordinary condition of affairs which puts thn ; consumer in his path," said Mr. R. \V. Dalton, British Trade. Commissioner in New Zealand. "Personally lam disposed to think that in most trades the possibilities of competition between individual firms is such as to make profiteering, U'\ the term is understood, inadvisable." fkf Which is the "naughtiest" of all the foreign nations represented in the United States? The fairest record is held by Switzerland. Only 0.31 per cent, of the | Swis.-i in the United States liave been to prison. Mexico is the bad boy of the family, with 2.3 per cent., or just oyer one in fifty. Ireland is only a fraction better, 2 per cent,, and Scotland is third from bottom with 1.2 per cent. Following these, each country being better than the last, come Austria, England, and Wales, Canada, France, Italy, Denmark, and Germany. ! The Melbourne Ltd. is showing a 'par., ticularly nice line of lovely .silk; • (ieorgettc blouses beautifully embroiders ed with silk ami, bentk These blouses are made in quite now and distinctive styles and have created quite a sensation at the price, viz. 555. Stock is limited. If you get. a chili with, sore throat and t jhtness of chest, tackle it {it once wuh "Nazol." It grips it quieKer and more effectually than most remedies^ The interest of every woman to wiiom jfj comfort and correct appearand are matters of concern, will be attracted by our special offerings in dainty suVdmer frocks, for these are the garments that r..ake summer days delightful, both indoors and out. Every one price i at ft moderate figure. See our •yThe overwhelming experience of thousands testify to the .'aiue of "Naiol," as an effftfitive precaution a; ~ jut etc. •' '