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Evening Star, Issue 18175, 16 January 1923, Page 5

Our Prime Minister and leading statesmen of this and the Old Country predict prosperity this year (1923). This will mean ■aObility for thousands of the workers, fanners, and tradesmen to establish a HOME of their own. The national prosperity RESTS on the homo and homeguilders. Last year our turnover w 100 per cent, above pre-wdT. This year we are determined to make it top last year’s. Our factory (which is at tho rear portion of our freehold warehouse and show rooms) is replete for the manufacture of High-grade and Medium-class Furniture, High-grade Upholstering and Bedding; also French Polishing, as well as Piano Repairing and afxuit to many or replenish, call and ®e© our hive of industry and _ get our latest catalogue. I'Ve help intending house furnishers. Our styles arc distinctive; our FURNISHINGS are the LATEST FROM THE HOME MARKETS. CALL TO-DAY. F. AND F. MARTIN, LTD., OCTAGON. FACTORY, 1-3-5 BATH STREET. v —[Advt.J

The South Otago Freezing Company will probably reopen its works for the season as from to-morrow (states the ‘ Clutha Leader ’). An inmate of Sing Sing, Ike famous American prison, who was due' lo be electrocuted, became ao absorbed in a novel of R. W Chambers that he continued reading it right up to the last few minutes in order to find out how the story ended. Although ho wgr unable to finish it, he was able to obtain 'the required information from a warder whe had read the book.