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Evening Star, Issue 9807, 21 September 1895, Page 3 (Supplement)

A few days back a leading Dunedin Draper said that “he could not understand how comparatively new people like Lorie and Go. managed to build up the larce business in such dulUimes.” This gentleman is not by any means the only one to whom the rapid growth of oir business is a mystery. It is only a litt over two years since we opened our Drapery and Clothing Deparimeats, and now we undoubtedly have one of the largest businesses in Otago. The reason not hard to find We keep none but reliable goods, and sell them at prices which were unknown in Otago before we commenced business. We instituted tl system of guaranteeing the wear of everyth although in consequence huge losses were predicted for us, we have seen no reason to make any atteratio in our terms. We consider that expert drapers should know what they buy, and acting on this principle, we do not expect our customers to’bear the lot if anything we sell them turns out badly. Consequently when customers come to us with a complaint we accept their valuation of loss, allow it cheerfully and rely on our reputation for fair trading to recoup us for the loss we then sustain. We have been established now several years, and as tfe have always paid 20/ in the £ and had something left for ourselves, our ways of trading can’t be ver far out. Of course, we know that our stylo doesn’t quite please some of the old traders, who believed in huge profits oven if accompanied by slow returns ;bu as we didn’t start in business to please them, their opinion does rot trouble us very much. THE PUBLIC BEXiISVE I BBT XTS» And that is all we want. We know that so long as we can trade fairly, and can give better value than our neighbors, we shall do well, and do well we intern to. We have agents everywhere on the look out for bargains, and nothing escapes us. That’s how it is we are so frequently selling >the same goods ou neighbors have at a far lower price than they pay for them. Of course, we have had our difficulties to contend with, but wh \t progressive firm has not 1 Fo some time after we started our goods were looked upon with suspicion, on account of the low prices, but now it is admitted all round Hut a pound spent with u; will go as far as 30/ spent elsewhere. _• DON’T "STOU BEIEVE IT ? Very well, then read this carefully 4s 6d the pair. Note the Price—This is 4/6 per pair, or 2 1 (i each. Not Rubbish, but a Good Heavy Blanket. Better Qualities, 6/H, 7/6,9/11,13/11.16/6,17/11,31/ FLANNELETTES. FLANNELETTES. ltd Flannelettes. IP, aid, 3|d, 4|j. sid, 6|d. 4 U yard. This is not a 2|d Flannelette, cut in half lengthwise,[as wo heard of a Smart Draper doing for a Cheap Line, but a 27in. wide Sound Flannelette, which is usually soiling at 3|d— Come and See it. Flannelettes. Ifd, SJd, 3|d, 4id, s}d, 6|d. We have never had very much Variety in Dress Materials until this Season, but we can now offer an Assortment which Should Please Everyone. The Worsted Goods are the Very Best Obtainable, and although our price for the Highest Quality is only 3/6 per yard, these are worth in the usual way 3/9 to 4/6. 5s lid the Full Dress of 6yds Double Width. At this Price we have all Colors and Makes, Tweeds and Fancy Goods, Light or Dark. A ext Price, 7/6,8/11,10/6. 13/0, and the Very Best Made for 15/- Our London Letters say that Hark Colors will be worn. VELVETEENS. We believe we have a larger assortment of Colors than any firm in New Zealand. 3 d II yard. Special Discount to the Trade. On all Purchases of lo Boxes of Velveteens Wc will allow a Discount of 2i- per Cent No Discount on Smaller Purchases. to see these Velveteens. You will then be satisfied that by paying Cash you save money. Don’t forget, Black and AH’ Colors. Ladies’ Mantles and. Waterproofs. We offer a Very Handsome Macintosh for 13s lid We have still a few of the Very Best Silk Lined Waterproofs left, at HALF PRICE. Men’s and Boys’ Clothing. DIRECT FROM THE MILL TO THE PEOPLE. Ve hold, probably, the Largest Stock of Tweeds in the Colony. All the time that the Mills have been cutting one another’s ' throats, our agents have been quietly buying up all they couldget below cost price. But we hold a Stock which, in the ordinary course, will last ns for two years. No dowdy patterns, but all good plain, neat hard-wearing stuff, AND MOST OF IT MOSGIEL. See Our Prices : Boys’ Tweed. K.B. Suita from 2/11£. ►VS* Boys’ Colonial Tweed K.B. Suits, any Size from 2 to 6 Boys’ Colonial Tweed Trouser Sac Suits, size 12 .... Youths’ Colonial Tweed Sac Suits, size from 13 to 2J ... Men’s Colonial Tweed Sac Suits, any size , ... Men’s Moles from 3/3. Quality A Quality Q Quality Q ... 6/6 9/6 12/6 .... 15/9 19/6 23/6 ... 169 31/6 35/6 ... 18/6 35/ 39/6 Quality A Quality g Quality Q 10/6 13/6 M/ 6 37/6 43/- 50/Men’s Colonial Tweed Trousers to Measure Men’s Colonial Tweed Suits to Measure Fit and Style Guaranteed. , OTE. —Our Cutter is recognised as being one of the Smartest Hands in the Colony, and our Customers can 10 y that the Garments he turns out are equal in every respect to anything obtainable elsewhere. jfe probably have as large a Stock as all the retail firms in Dunedin put together. PECIAL—A really Good Waterproof Coat, in any size, worth 35/, for 12/6- Also a huge assortment, up to &2 W> h>r which price we guarantee to give the Best Coat it is possible to procure. ais the least profitable department we have. There is a large Capital invested in it, and that is the trouble, Hugo as is our turn over, we cannot sell to p.y interest on capital invested. We don't believe in concealing things. When we make money the world can know it, and we are just as ready to admit it when there is a loss instead of a proti , Ota.!* Furixltui?© K-wtsiaa-osss is 1*03? Sale. antime we have a Tremendous Stock, not only of Made Furniture, hut of Timber and Partly Finished Goods Wo 'A6M it> -at one price or another, off it goes. There is no Chinese shop rubbish, but all First-class Stuff, made by good men fiom seasoned timber Wo takJstock at the end of this month, and we want to get rid of as much as possible before then. We cannot enumerate a fiftieth part of what we want to clear, but the folowmg arc a few lines : Jo. L Leather, Cloth . Jo. 2. Brocaded Velvet Jo. 3. Heaviest Tapestry Jo. 4. Best Utrecht Velvet Jo. 5. Best Haircloth £ 5 10s £ 7 10 s £ 7 10s £l2 10s £l2 10s Od Od Od Od Od SUITES. No. 6. Buff Leather ... No. 7. Solid Walnut and English Leather No. 8. Solid Walnut and Velvet No. 9. Austrian Suite (8 pieces) £l2 10s Od £ls Os Od Os Od Os Od £ls £ 5 VERMANTELS. We cannot describe these, but wc have a large stock and they can go cheap, PIANO.—We have one worth £6O ;it can go for £29 10s.' AMERICAN ORGANS- —We have only a few left, worth £25 ; they can go for £l2 10SAll the above are Spot Cash Prices; on Credit, Old Prices as Marked. TIME PAYMENT. We will Furnish a two-roomed House, and include ment, such as Bed Linen, Cutlery, Crockery, Kitchen Utensils, etc.} Dr vre will Furnish a Beautiful Parlor, as nice as anyone a can wish, with Embossed 1■? f Ol . J?IQ 10S. Plush Furniture, Brussels Tapestry Carpet, Blinds, Curtains, and everything comple ej And give you either very Terms for payment, or else a Cash Discount ot 2d m the 1/A. LORIE & CO • ft Auctioneers and Universal Providers, Dunedin.