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..;. "Of the -64,000,000, a year that councils are spending, <the roads .would: probably absorb more than half,"' stated the Sydney Morning iHer'ald fi'<isbqstyu-jy How much of this 'lhoijißyl-M^a^'edti^bon-l-.' ing io figures. oomjpli^"^ wtqji Roads G6ri^ess >v ohly ofrceiifts out of every dollar sj^nV.irin rbadjr'&re'effebtive. ITie reason.; f<*^ the rule-of -thumb, f method; -^^sthQiating. costs, careless' construction; <arid ;sick of Resting, methods."*) l^is' ,is m., a country that ■: possesses; 'iy s£u^tsr fw Good^.lloads, laboratories .^j'w; ti V/i&iirtg rtiaterials, -dnd|.tfie--'i^4 , 'yWiMqm:'J>f the v United. States t<*» ydraty , upqif\J| "jThei'e is every chance that*,, the j' Margin,-; ; jfe fi* Australian is -^nuoh : glutei*. '■ : ijfe: vtw^|. road engineers think - 9U^.,ire^reKl^^h^] riyat claims of concrete^ 'tar miicaiaaiiji, or plain metal roads. ;-]Vlost 'of t tHeni*'.haye different -notions , as to' methods of.,making and maintaining : Antljth'fere «is no authority upqrty.t^'spW all. the scattered kno^^gjc^d-^- gathered, tested, audi • proved." ,^l^s^t.^t^heed'f* the Chaos of 'road Y^&^y^i " .Tins old, butno|i t %»yß| S ™,^orld of ours has at' last* ooma;to realise that the fair deal is the wise ApoUcy^- It has had just enough hard thumps to begin to; understand ;that, 1 craftiness m thei long run ne? er pay's.')/ *!&b* 'inception of the one-price system VB*foks; ; the death of commercial piracy, and the .birth of the "JEpoch of the Pair Bteal^i^elbeU^iß -that 'the secret price Jtaark, shpiild be abolished. It is a. sn^J^g sort^^arrangement, aJiywiay. we ate irigHt <yii m the open., A fair, square deal is all we ask. One, price for all is our yvatchword, and our clients know that "The / People's Emporium" gives them just tb* deal they appreciate. We ask for no favors; we want- no sympathy.-' We «five you better value than others, and *fO&T--lessly publish our pricea. Study - your own interests by purchasing froa» *Th« People's Emporium."* /■

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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 8

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Untitled Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 8

Untitled Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 8