The price of coal has (says the Christchurch News) dropped considerably during the last few weeks, when compared with the stake prices, but a good many of the smaller coal merchants are losers thereby. Speaking to a News reporter, one man sitrl ; "The fiction of the co^lung — for there is a ling of importers — has acted rather detrimentally to our mWe3*s\ The importeis' 1 q;rrsentatives rtimo round to us i'ntai! n ts, .in<"! led us to rHieve that th?i'e wns a s-h-ong jiroli:-,-bility that v.p rliohM ","■ i'<> <moi'p cml during i'n«»> winter, at.d Hist we had b-3t-te) 1 iiuka the mo,!, oi ;; i-hipment then coming to hand. We got reared, laid in heavy stocks at. cnli.inced prices, and then in came plenfcj of ."hips with coal, and the price dioppp'J. We have to bear thi< ln«s.'' A lady writing fiom Nelson says' "Tonkiug'a Linseed J'linnlsion is tho most effective lemedy I hpve ever used for eoldf-. It is tho only one thai ha? given me immediate and lasting wlief." If you have a, cold prevent possible risks by taking Tonking s Linseed Emulsion, lou can feel safe. It is Nature's best remedy.— Advt.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 2
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193Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 2
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