"Writing, hi. praise, of our. postal de-. ■partraent,-.' a v contemporary remarks, that "no,other- country;in the world; (60 far aswe are aware) ijarries a fouronnce letter'within its!own; borders; for a modest penny or ifo equivalent;"; This rate of postage wfie adopted in, Britain some years before Sir Joseph; tWard introduced it hcreyJand generally speaking the .British postal department is quite as up-to-date, as the New; Zealand one, though■ jiaturally we Iniowlefs about its woi'king.than about;
ELEGANT ECONOMY IN CORSETS. The trouble /with the;average .cheap corset/ is that ;it make*; any. costume worn over/it look cheap; It lacks dis-; tinction.. ;Tho famous P; and S. "Zairoid" corsets: are of a 'quite remarkable cheapness, regards being ..had t<> their exceptional quality; but they are not cheap in style or effect,,: .The.-P.. and r S.'; was' the ' first'j!gre;at:Jlnglisli corset' to:be; designed v jjnd pt;oii■ the market, and it hfts easily-kept itsleajl from that day ;to this;; -It ismaidewitli. ecrupxilous care 'of ,the finest obtainable materials. %is cut <|)y experts, o;j sound anatomical lines;?; ;Ifc meets the demands ',''. of the; ftysEr joris.: It;is;mada inJniqdelp;to-suit style; : keeps its shape.to tlieldet, longer;than ;sniarte|(t; dressed: womclaiiLoridoii; #ear, the.'' -I?.; : ahd Si Corsets jml "Xbinen of wealth' and position, to whom: money is; literally -no object, weai 1 the P. arid Sy. Corset iii preference -to-;, all simplyi because: their jripe;expe'rien|:e proves^be'P.\aiid:S.!t<):beiun(iuestioii- ; ably'tlie;best.r-Ad\ii. |L'■;■/•,•/'■. ":'{'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9552, 1 July 1911, Page 5
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