EXERCISE BOOKS AND WRITING PADS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 15 October 1941, Page 6

EXERCISE BOOKS AND WRITING PADS

USE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS I MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICE FIXED Wellington, This Day. J A price order has been gazetted fix- ! ing the maximum retail price which may be charged anywhere in New Zealand for exercise books and writing pads for use in primary schools. The prices now fixed relate to books which conform to specifications set out in the standard issued by the New Zealand Standards Institute. Specifications o i tie books in question have been drawn up after consultation with the manufacturers and members of the teaching profession. The range specified in the price order will cover all the requirements of exercise books for primary schools throughout the Dominion. The purchaser will now be able to obtain a book which will best suit his purpose and yield the most service in relation to the price paid.—P.A. Details of dimensions, number of I leaves and prices ar.e as follows: General utility exercise-book, lOin by Bin, 32 leaves, maximum retail price 7d. General utility exercise-book, lOin bv Bin. 32 leaves, 7d. General utility exercise-book, BJin by 16Jin, 24 leaves. 4d. General utility exercise-book, BAin by j Giin, 24 leaves, 4d. | Nature study exercise-book, Biin by I Gin, 32 leaves, 6d. Writing-pad, lOin by Bin. 30 leaves, 7d. Drawing-book, 124 in by 93in, 10 leaves. 7d.