AFTER THE BATTLE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7432, 9 May 1911, Page 5

AFTER THE BATTLE

The great contest for municipal honours has passed and gone, the electors having placed the affairs of their various towns in the hands of the chosen candidates. The fight has been a keen one and has no doubt brought its disappointments as well as its victories. Now the turmoil is over Messrs W- F. Shortt, of Willis street. Wellington, appeal to those electors who are about to furnish to inspect their immense stock of highly finished and up-to-date household furniture and furnishings- This firm's aim is to supply their clients with only the very best, and with this end in view they employ only the most competent workmen, the timber used being of the very beat, and thoroughly seasoned, while the design of their goods, which are known from one end of the Dominion to the other by their ezcellent finish and superior workmanship, is unequalled. What is more important still is that they guarantee every article they supply, and should a fault bo found at any time (no matter where you may reside) they will be only too pleased to put it in thorough order. If you want furniture that will last for all time the one place-in Wellington to purchase it is Shortt’e, while their prices are most reasonable, which is accounted for by the fact that they manufacture their own goods, and therefore save their clients the middleman’s profit; not only that, we run the business ourselves and have no heavy manager's or directors’ salaries to pay, which means that we can sell our goods at a much less profit than firms so situated and thus save money for those who furnish at Bhortfs. Every article for delivery in the country is packed and delivered on the station or steamer free of charge. - Some idea of the care taken in packing goods for delivery in the country may be obtained from the following testimonial received from a client in Blenheim;— March 25th. 1911. Dear Sirs.—Please find enclosed cheque for amount of your account as per invoice —£249 15s. X have to thank yon for the careful way in which all the stuff was nackod, which, accounts, no doubt, for the good condition in which every package was found to be in when opened. There was not ono breakage.—l am, yours truly, .