On account of the increased price of raw materials used by boot manufacturers under the new tariff several boot factories in Sydney have already been put on short time, and the industry has received a severe blow, states a Sydney paper. On one point all New Zealanders in San Francisco agree —the tradeunion autocracy makes things very difficult for the stranger. A former Feilding resident writes from across the Pacific:—Wages are high, ranging from three to eight dollars a day (dollar 4s 2d), but the cost of living and clothes, etc, covers the wages. If a man has friends he can get board and lodging for about five or six dollars a week. The next item is joining a union, which costs £o. It does not matter what your trade is, you must join the union. 1 consider that unless a man has friends in San Francisco, he is better off in New Zealand." 1 h«j-e is no opiate of any disnripfon in Ch'imb o rl&in'6 Couidi l\en<edy and that is one of ihc raisons why it has become so popular all ovtr tho world. Chamberlain's Oongb Remedy soothes arid htfils, strengthens the lungs and removes the cau3!> of the cough or enld. Wo condemn r-o honest medicine, but when the bafety of > our life or that of your chill i:, &*• stake, take no chance foi - poison. Fo: side by all dealers. Why suff'T the awful e.gos.y of rheumatism, gout, lurnb go, sciatic*, mid kindred disea c ts ? Itheumo, ii ,viven a fair trial, will quickly cure you. Sold at 2s Gd and 4s Gd. Wood's Great Foppermhit Cure for Coughs and Cold 3 never fails. is '">•'> and 2 3 £d.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8526, 2 September 1907, Page 5
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281Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8526, 2 September 1907, Page 5
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