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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1333, 30 May 1881, Page 1

Business Notices WHY IS TEA SO DEAR? Is an oft-heard question ; and the public are powerless to insist on having their share of the advance: ro.niltin^ from falling markets. Now, J. EAST undertakes to answer the question. T'TT A NEVER HAS LEEN JLJjJJL\. SO CHEAP from the time it was first imported, and yet, relatively, the RETAIL PRICE WAS NEVER SO EXORBITANT. TT^ A has reßol * ed *° wctify ** • -*^-£»-k3 J- this discrepancy, and to this end 'Dij'Grp A C will SELL-t>J&OX JLJIiAk that can be purchased at his respective prices AT A SMALL MARGIN OF PROFIT on the actual prices paid to Importers. This system of doing business is intended specially to enable the Public to become actual participators in the great margin of profit which now lies between the Wholesale and Retail Prices of Tea. J. EAST'S PRICES Will be found SIXPENCE Per Pound LESS Money than those usually charged for identical qualities. Add to this his large experience of the Tea Trade, both in buying and mixing, he is in a position to GUARANTEE EVERY LINE SOUND AND RELIABLE. J. EAST does >wt buy any Inferior or Common Tea at any Price AT TWO and SIXPENCE a Pound of TEA — a Well-blended »nd Agreeable Article. AT TWO and SIXPENCE a Pound of TEA— for Family Use indiapensible. AT TWO and SIXPENCE a Pound of TEA of Extraordinary Value. AT TWO and SIXPENCE a Pound of TEA on the principle of Small Profits and Quick Returns. A T TWO and SIXPENCE a Pound ■**- of TEA on the principle of Meetting Requirements of the Times. AT THREE SHILLINGS and at THREE and SIXPENCE per Pound, can be procured the finest Teas the World produces — perfect luxnries. Teas gathered in early Spring, when the leaves are burst* ing with succulence. FOR THE ABOVE AT Wholesale & Retail Tea MjUvOuAtfT, Family Grocer, 791 GLADSTONE ROAD. AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASON, 1881. CASH versus CREDIT ! Messrs. J. & A. DAVIS HAVE now much pleasure in onering to the public and outlying settlers Men's, Boys' & Youths' CLOTHING, Shirts, Waterproof Coats, &c At prices hitherto unheard of in the Bay. A saving of Time, and fully THIRTY PER CENT, by purchasing at this Establishment before going to Gisborne. DRAPERY AND BOOTS, At equally Low Prices. Our Clothing and Drapery Is purchased by one of the Best Jcdgis in the Home Market, and being Importers Direct, we can Defy Competition. BEST BRANDS OF TOBACCOS awd CIGARS ALWAYS ON HAND. GROCERIES & OILMAN'S STORES Of the best description, AT GISBORNE PRICES. Our central position enables us to saye much time and trouble to outlying settlers. Orders by Post carefully attended to, j. &. a.'davis, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, MAKARAKA STORE, 608 ROSELAND. New Winter Goods. p?f\ PAIRS TWEED TEOUSEB^M £>U AND VESTS, 12/6 « ljfl| Worth Inspection.^^^^^^H 662 J. LEONAJH^^^m