MESSAGE TO THE PEOPtE.

Grey River Argus, 22 January 1912, Page 1

MESSAGE TO THE PEOPtE.

•" ♦ ' Mr. G. Ingall of the Red House, near the Railway Station, wishes to inform town amd country residents" that he has bought at a great reduction the whole of a traveller's samples of Christmas Goods,, comprising Dolls, Mechanical Toys, Glassware,; Picturebooks, Leather/Goods; etc., etc. He is now making a special sho\v- in his windows and on the large tables in side. Every article is marked in plain figures, .and the prices are bed--rock and the' goods sky-high. Don't forget to look in when passing, or better still, make a point of passing to look in. Remember the Red House, where you can get' anything froim' a needle to and anchor.—Adv*. 'At a imp when there has been so .• much: talk aboutj national prohibition,, says ,the. "Auckland Star",' : rti will coma as a shock to the lowers of the. "cup tha-b clieers?? that they wfll most likely have to pay higher for. -th'sir special fancy im tthie near future, as ithc tea market both at Calcutta and' Colombo'is vesryfirm. During the last year or two it is estimated t-liat the price of tlea has advanced, quite twopence per pound.'wholsale,..- and -although merchants and importers are naturalily very reluctant to raise /She : price of a commodity in such constant use, it is to bie fe.ai*ad they will spom •be-compelled, to consider the 1 question -■ of-an inci-eas*. JOf COtt*se,- if R' 1' sia d6es taice off .some of the duty on tea,."it would immediately cause a sharp-advance' in price, apart from that 1 which ; lias already tiakeii place. ■At the presenb tinie the duty.on 'tea in- Russia is Is 9ql psr pound, and if. only the.-odd figure was removed it ; would raise the x>rio& for the rest of the -world as tha.'consumption of tea in. •Russia, would" increase, -.corresponding-; :.iy^:- ■'.::"::--v'/:.,-,;: i\'y .■:■■. - ■