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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 270, 10 August 1922, Page 12

ESTABLISHED 1890 TAYLOR, RAMSAY and Company 41 Courtenay Place I Importers and Manufacturers of all plumbing, dairy factory requisites, including cans, measures of all descriptions, tea and coffee urns, eto. We specialise in sanitary plumbing &/hot water fittings and jobbing of every description in all branches of above. Our motto is "SATISFACTION TO OUR CLIENTS AT REASONABLE CHARGES.”

|. ECONOMY I /• VV'k trade only in absolute necessities of life. Even the careless cannot r ’ ’ afford to pay more than the lowest price in town for such, lines. The thrifty do not want to pay more than the lowest price in town. i J Then there is the great working class, who positively must buy at !. the lowest price in town. x , i/j To all we suggest a careful stud}’ and comparison of our prices and a try out. We can stand the acid test of the most careful investigation. i? Creanwata, Is. 6d. packet New Prunes, 7d. per lb. p Rolled. Oats, Is. 6d. bag Evaporated Peaches, Is. 3d. nor Im. ffi Granose (small), llld. Lucca Olive Oil, i pints Is. 3d., pints / Granose (large), 3s. 3d. 2s. 3d. Sjl'Mildura Sultanas, Is. 3d. Club Coffee, 2s. 6d. per tin S Glaxo (large), ss. Bd. Kerosene, 13s. per case si Pearl Barley, 51b. Is. Benzine, 20s. per case ® Resin, 6d. per lb. ' Good Ceylon Tea, Is. 6d. pier lb. ■3 Currants, 9d. per lb. loose Cocoa, Is. 3d. per lb. fj Lentils, 6d. per lb. Mixed Bird Seed, fid. per lb. l; Haricot Beans, 3d. per lb. Evaporated Nectarines, Is. 9d. per lb. (I Candles, 9d. per lb. N.Z. 1A Sugar, Id. per lb. ? 61b. Tins Jam, 4s. 3d. Bell’s Slide Matches, Is, 6d. Jij Ethnonds' ‘ Baking Powder, Is. sd. Safety Matches, 6d. per doz. i'i Hudson’s Extract, 6 packets Is. Pork and' Beans, large tins, Is. each Honeycomb, Is. 3d. , Food and Dairy • villi J. Ji la. Produce Specialist j 48 and 50 Courtenay Place :: Wellington

Men’s heavy tweed Working Trousers, 19/11 Men’s heavy weight Blue Drill Working Shirts, 8/11, 9/11 and 10/9 ■ Men’s All-wool Undershirts from 6/11 Men’s All-wool Knitted Undershirts and Pants from 7/1 1 Men’s All-wool Pink Shirts and Pants for 12/6 Boys’ and Youths’ All-wool Undershirts from 5/11 A good stock of Boys’ Jerseys from 7/11 MAHARS 46 COURTENAY PLACE

CDDY-Nr CAT T 7 Summer and Better OJTIXI IN Lt 0/11^IL. Business is coming. Motor Accessories, Benzine and Cars at greatly reduced prices during our Spring Sale. Ford Sedan (used) - £225 Ford Timers - 13/6 nearly new Hydrometers . 6/6 Tyre Covers - - e 12/6 Motor Gloves - 19/STUART WILSON, Ltd. 5 DIXON STREET

The Truth About the . Bawbee.---, ’ ■ V •• y The bawbee has for so long been gratuitously libelled Nobody wants you to go back to the oatmeal and red that a»wbrd or two in defence is about due. Custom ‘ herring stage of our economic history, but the gospel of has mixed up the bawbee, Scotsmen, thrift, and economic thrift as preached by the Scot when he got out after the principles into something that looks like meanness. It bawbees still stands. It means practising wisdom in isn’t fair. , buying. It means going to the best market. It means To begin with, the'bawbee is a small copper coin looking out for that excel,ent combination of quality and used by drapers at periodical intervals called bargain cheapness which every enterprising and successful shopsales. It is only half the size of a peffny, but at the afore- kee P er knows how to P resent k for youraelf in said bargain sales its drawing power is. twice as effective. Courtenay Place, and see. You have only to look at the difference between 1/1 lid. f Don’t run away with the idea that buying inferior and 2/- to realise that the bawbee is the joker in the pack. whiskey at eight shillings a bottle in preference to good Now, why is this? whiskey at twelve is thrift. It may cost you more than , i . .i -t. t .i the difference to put your system to rights again. Ihe bawbee makes an appeal to the thrifty. In the old days when the Scots were doing heavy training pre- You have often seen the phrase: A thrifty houseparatory to becoming multi-millionaires, they lived on wife. A thrifty woman isn t necessarily a njean woman, oatmeal and red herrings at a bawbee each. As the A thrifty woman is one who keeps a sharp eye on the result of that early training they can now drink cham- domestic balance sheet and her husband s expenditure on pagne, eat roast chicken, and smoke fat cigars, without tofcacco and limejuice. She knows where to, shop to hurting either their stomachs or their pockets. the best advantage. She knows that the bawbee is ProsA Scot never spent i penny if he could turn the trick perity s middle name. with a bawbee. He reduced the science of living to so The thrifty housewife doesn’t need to be told where fine an art that it took a microscope to discern it some- Courtenay Place is. She knows all about Cotlrienay times. . Times were hard those days, and it took much Place. She got her knowledge from the best schoolstriving and many meals of. oatmeal and red herrings to the school of experience. She looks for quality ; before .gather enough bawbefcs to make a pound sterling. They she looks for cheapness, for she knows that quality goods i / say that if you look after the pennies the pounds will look are, the cheapest in the end. That’s why she shops in i .(/.after themselves. The Scot got in early and rounded up Courtenay Place. If you don’t want to go back to oatthe bawbees fijst, meal and red herrings /. ; u w/f ; \ 1 Practice Thrift in Courtenay Place.

j STOCKTAKING BARGAINS at CODY’S I ■ Sh °P in Courtenay Place i P Envelopes. Writing Pads. Ladies’ Rainproof (guaranteed waterproof) 55/- for 10/6 Business Envelopes 8/6 1000 Empire School Pad 6d each. 5 Corsets and Brassieres all Marked Down. , Postage 1/- 1000 extra Postage 2d‘. extra J Coloured Towels2/6, 3/11, 5/11 pair b Business Envelopes 10/6 1000 Pansy Writing p ad 7^d- each . Fine Doctor Flannels, in Cream, Scarlet, Na,vy, etc3/6 for 2/9 $ . osta ge 1/” 00 extra Postage 2d extra Roller Towelling :I|6 for U Business Envelopes 12/6 1000. Postage 2d. extra Oil Baize in White,’ Maijhle and Colours.\3/11 for 2/11 B Postage 1/- 1000 extra College Pad 9d. each. Postage 2d. ex. Waterproof Sheeting4/11 for 3/6 H WRITING PADS. THE AITKEN Writing Pad, 70 leaves Heavy Calico3oinch 36inch 1/- js Octavo Writing Pads, 3 for 1/- ruled both sides, 1/-. New Season’s GinghamsB/6 for 2/3 (write for samples) § Postage 3d. extra Postage 2d. extra COUNTRY ORDERS EXECUTED BY RETURN MAIL. | The Latest Pictorial Reviewl/3, posted if 6 I NORMAN E. AITKEN’S Book Arcade You Save at CODY’S :: 31, 33, 35 Courtenay Place I S Courtenay Place, Wellington. All Trams Stop at ths door. I THE CORNER STORE, 1 Courtenay Place || 8 BIG DRAPERY SALE ' | & LADIES’ ALL WOOL KNITTED DRESSES—in Newest Shades. Special Sale Price 25/6 H fr LADIES’ ALL WOOL JUMPERS 6/11;.9/11, 12/6 Zma n MAID’S WOOL KNITTED DRESSES-Dainty Designs ... Special Sale Price 15/6 ft t? Special Offer in LADIES’HEAVY TWEED COATS—Smart Styles. 17/11,19/11,29/6, K VM&P § i 35/6, 39/6 ' ; i LADIES’TWEED SKIRTS \ 10/6,12/6 / K] ALL WOOL BLACK CASHMERE HOSE ... ... 2/6 pair fe r ■1 CASHMERE FINISH HOSE—in Black, Nigger, Fawn and Grey ... 2/6 pair |; i GOOD BLACK COTTON STOCKINGS ... , 1/6 pair S MEN’S BLACK CASHMERE SOX Special Offer—3 pairs for 2/6 i f .1 MEN’S GOOD QUALITY WASHING SHIRTS—AII Sizes ... ... 3/11 d . GOOD QUALITY JAP CREPES—AII Shades 1/6 yard M ■ MONEY SAVED = MONEY MADE •* i ; You can Save Money in COURTENAY PLACE