WANGANUI. 15th February.
The preliminary enquiry into' tbe charge against George Buckland Worgan, of uttering a forged cheque for £75, purporting to be drawn by James Mack ay, closed to-day. Worgan was committed for trial.
Tbe arts of advertising have been nearly exhausted of late by competing drapers. Several sneceasively announced that tbey I would allow to purchasers a discount of 20 per cent. The thing got monotonous, and a late comer struck a fresh line. He advertised that at his establishment there would be no newfangled and deceptive discount of 20 per cent., against which be earnestly warned the public He offered them "genuine old-fashioned reductions of 4s. in the pound." This was irresistiblej of course, and discounts were nowhere. Tto Sydney Mail is responsible for Hum.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, 15 February 1879, Page 2
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128WANGANUI. 15th February. Evening Post, Volume XVII, 15 February 1879, Page 2
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