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Otago Witness, Issue 3595, 6 February 1923, Page 7

r HighBritish Pianos at Popular Prices! i =*B a Splendid Iron-Framed Instruments by Witton & Witton London. £9B StmngSy Built in Mahogany, '7% Octaves, Overstrung, in either of the 2 models shown. II We have great pleasure in presenting these excellent British-Built Pianos to the New Zeal nd Public, for they represent a high standard of musical /✓ worth, and are excellent value indeed. Tlv? craftsmanship is first, class, the J finish and th? chaste elegant designs most charming and attractive. Begg & Co. Ltd. Witton & Witton Pianos possess a Beautiful Tone— sweet, full, and musical, 9 and the Touch is clean, quick, and responsive. The extremely moderate price 1 at which we are offering these typically British Pianos v\ ill appeal to many who have been waiting for just such value. Headquarters for Musical Instruments - DUNEDIN. And at Christchurch, Wellington, Invercargill, Oamaru, Timaru, Ashburton, Nelson, and London. II

An Eltham merchant, dealing direct with India, quotes to the Argus a drastic instance of the effect of fluctuating exchange. He was importing a large shipment of tea at a time when the rupee had a face value of 2s lOd in English money; but it shortly sank sharply to an English value of Is sd, the depression representing a loss on the transaction of nearly £7OO.