A REALLY UP-TO-DATE CHEMIST.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16364, 8 November 1918, Page 8

A REALLY UP-TO-DATE CHEMIST.

On the corner of Cashel and Colombo streets is Messrs Loasby and Lo.'s new Pnarniacy —easny the best and most up-to-dato cneuiisl's shop in Uie city, lne giowth oi Loasby aud (Jo.'s business during the past lour years has been exceptional, and shows mat 'he public always Have a ready appreciation o; progressive business luotaods wneii to dispensing and tiio ailied oranclies of a cnemist's business. On entering the new premises —wnicli are in the final stages of completion—you will be pleasantly impressed by the quiet elegance oi the interior and the convenient manner in which eveiything is arranged and displayed to a<ivantage. The fittings are most elegant, and the handsome show-cases enable Mr McArthur to do more justice to much of his stock than has been hitherto possible owing to lack of space. For instance, there is a' wide and varied range of manicure goods, toilet and skin powders, creams and pastes, high quauty soaps, etc., that is exceptionally fine. Then in brushware Loasby and Co. offer clients both qualities and values that are far better than, what is generally procurable. For wearing quality and sound usefulness, as well as elegance of finish, nothing can approach the products of the old-estab-lished English and French houses, of whose goods Loasby and Co. make a speciality. In hair-brushes, toothbrushes, shaving-brushes, and nailbrushes they put quality before everything else. On entering the dispensary, our re>porter quic-klv realised why this firm dispensed during the last four years, under the management of the present proprietor, nearly as many prescrip tions as were handled in the previous eight years. Scrupulous cleanliness and accurate methods are essentials to proper dispensing. Both are watchwords at Loasby and Co.'s. Our reporter then visited the laboratory. Here drugs are regularly tested and kept up to proper strength. It appears that many of them are liable to deterioration, and it is only by this periodic testing that Loasby arid Co. are able to maintain the high standard of dispensing, nothing short of which will satisfy them. ' Loasby and Co. for a long time have specialised in parcels post. People from every district in Canterbury, and many all over New Zealand, have come to realise that they are no farther from Loasbys than their nearest post office Thousands upon thousands of letters held by their files testify to the confidence placed in them by those who live away from the city. 1 Letter orders are despatched same day as received. Goods are selected with care and balance of money returned with the same exactitude as if patient or customer were at the counter. Canterbury folk who have not previously tried this method of getting quick service are recommended to give this firm a trial 1