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Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1921, Page 5

The richness and flavor, together with its never varying quality, makes Nel-

son Moate’s Tea famous wherever really good tea is appreciated. Prices 3s, 3s 2d and 3s 6d per lb.

The landed cost of tea from all producing centres has shown a very sharp rise during the past couple of months (says the Sydney Sun of August 23). Common Ceylon tea, which could have been bought in the first Colombo sale in June at a landed price of B|d, is now costing the Sydney importer 13d. Medium Ceylon broken Pekoe, which was Is 3d in June, is now Is Sd. Fine Ceylon tea has junmped from ’s fid to 2s 2d. The Indian market has advanced in about the same proportion, and in Java there is very little good tea available, as the most desirable crops have been sold up to the end of the year.

“In 1916 there were only two co-oper-ative bacon factories. One of these lost £3500 in two years, and a proprietary concern which set out to fight them lost £lO,OOO. Thufl, by this co-operative movement, the farmers in the district concerned gained to the tune of £13,000,” said Mr. Bourke at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Nireaha Dairy .GoajMULy. ifcwtwtoa