DEEDS, NOT WORDS.
1 DEFINITE ACTION AGAINST INCREASING COST OF LIVING. TVe have our Enquiry Boards on profiteering, we havo our Commissions on this and that, and still prices steadily increase from week to week. Theories are propounded and discarded, much is proposed, and but little or nothing accomplished, and it will bo a gladsome relief for everybody to hear of some deixifjte action to lessen the ever-in-creasing cost of living, even though it be confined to one commodity for the success that attends it will no doubt bo emulated by other public-spirited business men dealing with othor necessities of life. Here it is, straight from the shoulder by that man of action, Mr Stewart Robinson. As a counterblast to the latest riso in prices, this enterprising business man has released nnd put 011 sale the following lines of footwear, at prices that speak for themselves. It must be understood that these boots are for actual sale at these prices, and the public should go and judge for themselves the superb quality. First comes men's genuine boxcalf boots with wide welted soles at 37s Gd a. pair—a veritable eye-opener .in view of present day values. Other lines include men's fight 2nd grade boots for 2-ts 6d. Ladies' camel-hair slippers, of which there is a Dominion wide shortage, at. Stewart Robinson's thero are heTps. Ladies' cheap slippers aro priced clown to 2s flrl—less thaii they can be secured for in New Zealand- to-day. Men's high-grade welted tan boots run from 39s 6d te 455. Men's working nail shooters—s rat+ling good boot—are selling rnpidlj at 22s Gd a pair. Men's clon-s find universal favour at. 14s lid. While men's gum boots aro in abundance at phenomenally low prices. Deeds, not words, characterise Stewart Robinson's fig! J against the increasing cost of living-; seeing is believing, and a visit to lii'Cashel street boot emporium will put you on the high road to saving money. f
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16812, 19 April 1920, Page 8
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