REALISATION SALE OF A GREAT SALVAGE STOCK
♦ FROM THE C.F.C.A., WAIMATE. Applications by telephone were made. incessantly all yesterday by people who were anxious to make purcHaKK from the Salvage Goods of the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association's ttoek, which ie ■ being prepared for sale by Penrofie-'e. The management would'like to haxe met the wishes of the numerous applicant, especially of those who are phvsically unable to endure the nsth and turmoil incidental to the opening day of euch a big S3IO. The- quantity of c'oods- to handle and make ready w;-.s so great that it was impossible to divert the stofi, oven for a short time, from their arduous.' though absorbing, task. In order to facilitate the volume of business to pass through our hands, we have, enlarged most of the departments and strengthened our staff throughout the store. Customers will therefore feel that much hue been done for their convenience. No attempt fo far has been made to enumerate the list of goods that will be placed on sale. It is well known that the Farmc-V Association had a clientele made up largely of well-to-do farmers and sheep nmhokiers, buyers of high-cla«> good.'. This explains how it is that the stock now for tale contain* the t-T'.de Inlaid Linoleums up to 12s 6d per yard. Cm-tains up to 60b'per pair. Silke and Velvets up ki 10s Gd per va.d. Dress Pieces up to 4 and 5 guineas oath*. The quality 01 every article- throughout the stock is above the average. We have so f--n- 'i t found in handling this stock any low-grade goods at all. 10 pi ace a flock of upwards of £B.OOO worth of Drapery. Clothing, and Furnishings on the market for Immediate Sale it indeed a rare event, and offers possibilities of advantageous buying previously unrealised.
The Sale will open at 9 o'clock to 1110 irow. —[Advt.]
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Evening Star, Issue 14628, 26 July 1911, Page 6
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312REALISATION SALE OF A GREAT SALVAGE STOCK Evening Star, Issue 14628, 26 July 1911, Page 6
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