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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13251, 9 December 1913, Page 8

It happened a l 'few days ago", says the Dunedhi Star* ,' The. aecorid' express for Christchurch had got well. under way, when the guard' came t'hVbu'gh to inspect tickets. -'A middle aged man m the second class smoker said, he hadn't got a ticket; he'd given it up. "Where are you goipg to ? ; asked , the, guard. "Punedin, *was the reply". Why, wo ha.'yo Just stopped. 20 /:Jninutes at D lined m. Why qadn't you get out?" "I didn't know that," said the countryman ; "nob,ody called .ontj. the name df < thd station.". Aft-ev. argument* .he bought a second data Veturh ticket" u> ' Seacliff, and - was left. ; coinplaining of the bad management of our railways. , Gordon, opthalmic optician, opposite Bank New Zealand^ for all cases defeo tiTA evAitiffht ron,»»Mjpd vbv,jrl«»«' I *'+ The position as regards. lpci(l ; Supplies of goods is gradually getting more acute as the strike slowly dr>»gs 0n,,, > Thoße stores wlu'ph happ«tne4 tjf bfs.iSftort^stock~ ed are suffer ing /severely; others are managing to cope with the position" very ■well. This applies more directly to the firms wbn-ii import direct. Their system oi' buying tompels them to carry heavy stocks, and so, m a crisis like the present, thov are better able to weather the storm than some of their less fortunate competitors. The People's Emporium is a caae m point. They are still heavily stocked. Cutlery, one of their main, lines, is m short supply, but they have arranged to get temporary supplies, and still _ sell at their usual low prices.*