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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 April 1926, Page 8

An Auckland Press Association .message savs that a. meeting of business men, attended by .Mr R. W. Dalton, .senior, Trade Commissioner in Australia.' resolved to revive the Auckland branch of the Xew Zealand and British .Manufacturers and agents, and elected a provincial council. The following shows how far 111 " ill go to-day in the purchase of commodities when compared with .Inly, 191-1. These iigurus are the average lor the Dominion generally, and are to December, 1-9*25. the latest available: — (1 roecries 11s lid,- dairy produce Ids !T}d, meat Ills Bd. rent 11s SJd, fuel and light 11s old, clotbes and boots Ills Gd, iSi groups 12s 2|d. Sir James Parr was tendered a farewell by the Mayor, local body chairmen, and prominent citizens of M angalmi. Sir James paid a compliment to the Press of New Zealand. lie said he had a good innings from the newspapers here. People did not realise. Iu 11 v the valuable asset their country had in an honest capable Press, that fowl-l eol hi' inMiieneed. If 1 ' public’y thanked the Press for its 1 cordial ox pros* ions of goodwill. —(Press Assii).