CO-OPERATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2013, 2 June 1885, Page 2

CO-OPERATION.

r<> nu. kdii'ou. Sin, — Tn the account of the lechuo on cooperation at TV Auamutu by Mr (iiali.tm, that gontlein.m is lppoitod to li.no said "theie wcic two systems of woiKing cooperative societies, Iho Civil Service, whoio piictw toconsiimcis weiocut down to the lowest possible 'ifjuio, nnd the profit w.is expendod in a dividend," I bep to say with regnid to the latter .statement, that the Civil Service AHsoci.ition nover paid a di\idcnd, all the profits going tow aids the reduction of the pi ices on all articles sold .it shues, at least -.ucli w. is the nile until I left the conntiy six yeais ago, and I be longed to the association from its fii -.t commencing.—-! am, iVi\ \V. If \IHIIOIt\K, J.P. Ngaiuawnliia, MOtli May.

A compart farm of JOO acres near Akfiiidm is adwrhsul tor s lie Ad. mi Hi-tic's No 1 consultation on the Melbourne Cup is now open. Mr John Kno\ will dispose of furniture, turkejs, dutks, lowls, S.c , at his usu.il auction sale on Saturday ne\t. Mr William X llrid^unn, Auckland, having purchased a job lot of drapery, is now offering it at exceeding low prices. Mr John Hl.trlett, hn^'inccr-in-Chief, invites tenders for the PuroHraii tunnel contract (for-m.-ition onl\) up tn Stli Jiiiv. Mr J. S. Htiekland will hold an important sile at his bazaar, Cambridge, on Saturday next. _An estimate of a conoral rato in connection with the town of Kihikihi is now open for intpection at the pflicc of the Kihikihi Town Board. i