Untitled

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14571, 5 April 1918, Page 7

Where will it end| Every mail brings wprdj bf adva^cesjn price. " Ftefghtg. are soairirig, ii^urancea ar ( e he^vy, and. raw material is increasing 1 - 1 - daily m price. Almost without exception, the' Home mail advises us .that Ye tidtist anticipate further advances, and this applies equally lo| Ani^oafl '„pr Japauo^e, gqods. Some lines are vprohibited. So high have priceß advanced, that^ nierchanta,: prefer,, to out them right, olit,' as the I>ußlio cannot possibly buy at the tjg\y«. We Congratukto the "firms that liaVo had the foresight to lay m large stocks m anticipation of iho present shortage. One firm stands right out m this respect, "Tlie People's Emporium," which has a stock of between three and four ttipußatfdlltoun^s' worth of goods, all weir pbnght, and one need c^lk^O <^^t»are{t^ejMp^ces and qualities with others to'" be convinced that they offer valfle. ; SAnie^fHligg-in; lines, of /<^rt^'haye\pfeeji bqugjx^ 3ate]y,i Wnfc eVep; in to^ca^^e pnqep /; are righ'i Proflts are cut to a minimum, and,jthe public c^n.stiU rely, upon th%, fair and equitable "treatment they have always received from "Th# People's Emporium."*