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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 99, 18 February 1892, Page 3

A Wanganui farmer was asked the other day what the land about there was worth. "About £13 an acre," he answered. Said the Hawkes Bay man, " What per centage on your invested capital do you reckon to make ?" The farmer stared hard, and replitd, " I don't quite under« stand you." Hawkes Bay man: — "I mean, what rate of interest do you get on your capital." "Rate of interest! Do you mean, what I make besides tucker ?" "Ye 9." ♦' Lor', bless you, nothing. We just live by trying to make a sixpence out of our neighbors. We run about from sale to sale to pick up a sheep or a cow, which wo hope to sell at a shilling or two more than we gave for it." The i Hawkes Bay man was not impressed with farming on the West Coast. — Napier Telegraph. The summer sale offers substantial ! reasons why country residents should ' pay an early visit to Te Aro House. By so doing they would have an opportunity of purchasing some of the greatest bar- ' gains ever henrd of in the drapery trade L in New Zealand. We would remind the public that this summer sale is limited to 15 days only, i and the last day will be Saturday, Feb I ruary 13th. All orders, if accompanied ■ with the cash, will be instantly attended • to and forwarded from Te Aro House, ' Wellington. The summer sale commencing on Satj urday, January 30th, and intended for r the disposal of the balance of the sum- \ mer stock promises to be one of the ; most successful ever held at Te Aro House, Wellington,