SATURDAY, MARCH 28, THE LAST DAY.

Evening Post, Volume LXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1903, Page 2

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, THE LAST DA Y .

Tho Times will discontinue tho sale of Tho Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia and AUua in Now Zealiwd on 20th Maich. Tho introductory edition of-

feied at Iho minimum price is nearly ox-lmusi-cd, and when .1 further edition is offered and tho Kalo is resumed, delivery can only be nimlo from London, and tho prico will be imica»cd, -with carlinfjo charges added fiom England. The 10 i.s no timo lo bo lost. Tho nffcr of Tho Century i.s about to bowithdrawn. Purchasers who delay willhave to pay a higher, price whon thoy do buy tho work; and await the long delay in shipment from London.- Others havo had .such an experience. Half tho people who bought Tho Times Reprint of tho Encyclopaedia. Britannica waited until tho prices hnd been increased, A year ago it. could bo bought at 20 per cent, lchs than tho pi ice at which it has since been sold. Thoy waited bpcauso they did not want to hurry themselves. Tho luxury of procrastination is no doubt worth something, but 20 per cent, seems a good deal to pay for it. To-day The Times sells Tho Century at a reduction of 45 p*cr cent, from tho publishers' prices. When that price has benn increased 20 per cent. The Century will still bo a cheap book, but 't W 'M not bo ns cheap as it is now. Remember Saturday, 28th March, is tho last day of Die sale.