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Otago Witness, Issue 3592, 16 January 1923, Page 17

While giving an illustration of the comparative merits of the workmanship turned out by the various manufacturing countries, Mr Ramsay, of the Stewart Timber, Hardware, and (Hass Company (Ltd.), Wellington, said that sometimes when two articles,

such as kettles and pots, were examined there was often no apparent difference between them, but when a gauge was used to test the thickness of the material the foreign article was often lacking. It was a favourite dodge to deceive the buyer

by making the top the same width it it British manufacture and then tapering .he walls down until they were quite thin. An attempted daylight robbery occurred at a place in Palmerston North the other day, but the thief did not get far. A

man was discovered in the residence of M t ** E. B. Holben. He made away with * parcel containing about £25 worth of clothing and jewellery, but dropped th» bundle while being chased. Ho ran into (he arms of a constablo