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A rsiew Zealand lady, now on a visit to '!ieat Biitiin, in a letter to a relative in Auckland, refers to the high price of English-grown beef. "I paid," she writes, "Is 3d a. lb. for roast of beef that 1 oonl'l havi> got in Auckland for 7d. unless th_ pi-ice has risen since I 1-eft New Zealand 18 months Jigo. Nearly every butcher to whom I have spoken disparages frozen meat, though I get it whenever 1 can, as much for economy as because we.swm to relish it better. I saw an extract in one of our newspapers to the effect that some of the big workhouses cont'-art for English meat because of the ids*;;—a pc,pular idea, too — that froz-en meat evaporates in the process of (cokirv Hiile Fnglish meat puts on weight. Couiil von imagine anything more absurd .
For Children's Hacking Cough at night. Woods' Oreat'Peppermint Cure, lis 6d and 2s 6d.*
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 10 April 1912, Page 2
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160Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 10 April 1912, Page 2
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