PURCHASE OF LUXURIES
ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy vigil t. (Received 13th April, 10.15 a.in.) SYDNEY. This Day. Instancing the evils of the cash order system, Mr King, of the Country Traders’ Association, told the Conference of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce dial he knew of a case of a man, earning just above th n basic wage, who had a motor-car, gramophone and a wireless set, and whose latest purchase was a plaver-piano. As he had no room for the latter in tiis home, lie kept il in the kitchen where it now stood, with pots and pans on it.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 April 1928, Page 5
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