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Feilding Star, Volume XX, Issue 64, 14 September 1898, Page 4

A GREAT TRUTH. OUR AMBITION Ii to ensure to the tea- drinker, at a fan and reasonable coßt, the best article obtainable for his or her money. That we have reached THE GOAL of onr ambition is evidenced by the rapid growth of onr business. We attribute the POPULARITY Of our Teas to the confidence reposed in us by the public, for whom we Bhall ever strive to maintain the quality of our products. We do not sell the crude article. We blend our teas. We employ an expert blender. We use judgment. We thus secure — (a) Uniformity of quality ; (b) Fixity of price ; and (c) Full value for the consumer. Our blends range from Is lOd to 3s per lb, and we can highly recommend them all, but for a really first-class Tea at a | moderate price, the CRESCENT BLEND At 2/4 Peb Lb " CANNOT BE EXCELLED. THE EMPIRE COMPANY WELLINGTON. W. AND G. TURNBULL and Co., Proprietors. Bole Agents— BRAMWEMj BROS. THICKS IN THE TEA TRADE. A New Zealanders Complaint to the Ceylon Tea-Growers' Association. IMITATION is the Bin ceresjt form of flattery, and when the copyist em* barks in his nefarious business he in?---i variably selects some article with an established reputation to simulate. The genuine article suffers in two ways ; it i loses business by the substitution of the fraud and loses character by ita inferior* ity.— The latest information regarding such practices reaches us from Ceylo*. ' In that great tea growing Island there is a Council of thirty who watch over , th« interests of the Tea-Planters' Asso* i ciation, and their attention has been drawn to what is going on in this colony. The following extract from a letter discussed by tbc Association from a ' gentleman in the South Island of New Zealand indicates what is going on in this Colony ; the letter appears in the Overland Ceylon Observer of 16th June, 1898:— , . " la the first place much tea is sold in " N ew Zealand under the name of Ceylon ' " which is nothing more than blends of " low class grades with China, Fiji, and 11 other poor teas. These are packed "locally and SOLD AS CEYLON. I " have been able to trace one instance in " which locally-packed Teas, made up in ' •• lead packets, have been labelled Ceylon, 7 "and the labels bear the imprint of C. B, • •• Hall, printer, Colombo, On enquiry, "1 am assured that no such pvintei • •• exists; hence the label is nothing " ibss than K FORGERY, for the purs " pose of giving the only available guar. i " antee of a genuine Cej lon packed "packet — viz., the printer's name. I "have evidence, also, of instances where • " the 51b boxes have been made and are ' " now locally made out of the wood of J "impty chests, thus using Ceylon t " timber lined with lead and stencilled "m imitation of the Ceylon packed " article." THE BEST SAFEGUARD for the public is to rigorously demand to be supplied with a Tea that is above sus* picion, SUBATUBA TEA has no rival in this respect ; no one has yet had the hardihood to attempt tricks on it, as its Agents are too jealous of its high reputation to give a chance to imitators, and the imitators know this and are wise in their generation rnHE WANGANUI AMERICAN INSTITUTE, having acquired the [ latest up-to-date treatments for the j Bi chloride of Gold CURE of ALCOHOLISM and NARCOTISM, are receiving Patients for the onie of j the Drink Craving. For full particulars address J. S. THOMSON, Manager, Wanganui. 1 FEILPI2G PIANO DEPOT, [ Fergusscn Street. E. ELLERY~GrILBERl i , i Propbiezob, QA YEARS practical experience as /j\) a Pianoforte Expert and Importer can be relied upon to supply nothing but first-class Instruments. Always deal with a person who 1 understands the business. All instruments sold for cash, or I on the time payments system, from 20s per month, and tuned free of charge for twelve months. ' Pianos tuned and bepaired. ; J. WILLIAMSON, Cabinetmaker, Feilding, Agent. Price-lists and Catalogues forwarded on application. DRESSMAKINtr. DRESSMAKING and Needleworl of every description neatly ant quickly executed by the undersigned Latest fashions always en hand. MISS AMESBURY, Denbigh Street, Feilding,