WHAT IS A GENUINE TAILOR?

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 15 June 1914, Page 4

WHAT IS A GENUINE TAILOR?

According to the law of the land, only those firms employing tailors and tailoresses under the Industrial Arbitration Court awards are allowed to advertise themselves as genuine tailors supplying" tailor-made suits to the public. If a suit is "tailor-made," it is made by a tailor—not made in a factory by a girl machinist .Suits ordinarily termed "made-to-measure," "tailor-cut," etc., are usually but another term for plain fac-tory-made suits The price of a genuine tailor-made suit has always been in the region of £5, but' now the Sartorial Service, Ltd., supply these very same suite at from 63s upwards "When we say "tailor-made" at from 63s upwards, the public may depend upon it, and not only do we pay award wages, but 90 out of every 100 of our employees are paid over award rates. It is this fact.that appeals to working men and trade unionists, and accounts for the fact also that our customers are composed of business men and laboring men alike. The reason we can afford to cut prices •is because we buy materials direct from the weaving looms, thus eliminating middlemen's profits. Selling for cash only enables us to eliminate also all bad debts and other attendant evils of the credit system. Our stocks are replete with the latest and smartest in suitings. Call in and see fis-and don't forget that we positively guarantee to give you suit satisfaction or refund every penny of your purchase money. Don't forget the address—High Street, Hawera—and remember also that our traveller Will wait upon you in your own home if necessary with patterns and prices. Simply send us a post card