Notes and Comments.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 263, 30 September 1902, Page 3

Notes and Comments.

It has been said that anything may be proved by figures. the Certainly, looking at higher our local contemportendhr. ary’s article of Saturday, we are inclined to accept that statement, for by the judicious "use of its favourite weapon—distortion —it has, to its own great satisfaction, proved that black is white—or, at least, a very light black. It deals with two years’ work, and to make matters perfectly clear we will preface our remarks by a detailed account of the transactions for each year. 1900—Total accounts, £22 12s 9d,

The Timor; asserts that wj received £22 7s 9d, arriving at its figures by the simple, if not too honest, method of deducting what itself received and crediting ns with all the rest. Thus the following figures have still to be deducted :

It will be noticed that the first cost of the Show printing to the Association was £ll 0s 3d. Fol- , lowing a new line, the catalogues were not sold that year, but were handed, under arrangement, to the Advertiser which succeeded by s■),i r*s in reducing the cost to the Asia >cUt.ion by £5 15s. leaving the actual cost to the Association at £5 os HI, as agiinst the ,Gli to which the Times admits. S irely there is only one n ime for such distortion of Again, talc 11)01. Show pin ini' .. .. £2l 18 7 Returned on account ~f oiUloguei .. .. .. 8 17 0 Actual cost show printing .. £l6 1 7 It must also be remembered that the printing of the Association is now more than double what it was some few years back. Again, and the most important of all—each time the Advertiser's tender wis accepted, that of the Times, although half what it had been, was still higher than ours. If for double the work and half the money big profits are being “shovelled’ into the Advertiser's “capacious pockets,” what must it have been when double the money was paid for half the work. In this discussion there is one thing the public should not los° sight of, and that is, that a body of men such as compose tin; A. and P. Association would not be likely to transfer their work from the Times to the Advertiser without good and sufficient reason, that reason being That it paid them to do so.

made up as follows : £ 8, d. £ e. d RulM •• •* 12 Stationery .. •• Notices • • • • 3 6 0 Miscellaneous advortisements .. 1 3 Horse parade • • 1 ■ 0 Show advertisements 5 o 3 11 19 6 Printing work, therefore . 11 0 3 Returned on account of catalogues • • •• 5 15 0 Actual cost to A ssociation •• £5 5 3

£ a. d. Tiimru Herald 0 16 ft VVaimate Times 4 10 0 H. Franklin .. 0 3 6 Previous year’s accountsTirnes, £2 Is ; Adver tisek, £1 7s 3 8 0 — 8 18 0