THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1912. "We nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." NOT A SQUARE DEAL.

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THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1912. "We nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." NOT A SQUARE DEAL.

We can. ot compliment the Committee of the Franklin A. a d P. Society upon the fairness of their business methods Recently they invited tenders for the printing for the forthcoming show. Two separate tenders were invited--rue fc-i general job pr'riiti g and the otl.er for catalogues. According to the member ot the Committee wh> ptop:seJ thii srparation of the work, the \fr a was that by 'plitting it >p d He rent tenders mipht be secured end the wo.k be done in sections more cheaply. Upon that ijnficstanriing this ofrkt tent in a tendr; f r the gereral job piintim/, but icfrained ft<;n\ tendering for the catalogue work f or various recsors. Our pure for the job printing was tho lower, and for the catalogves there wan a; other locs I tenderer (who also tendeicd for the job print.irg). If the Committee hnii been inclined to i'eal fairly in the matter tvo courses wire open to them; (J) to give ui the j»h printing and the other lenuert r the catalogues, or (2) to call : fir fresh t infers, Kut instead of j cidi.g the fair thing they, through tin ir President, Mr Wylii', used their possession of trie hwer price foi the joh printing as a bludgeon to beat down th* second tcml.-nr on both jobs. If we had kroan of this mtvye in time we woull have simplified the matter for our rival by withdrawing

our price and refusing to have any thitg further to do with the matter. In a fairly long experience of Societies of th ; 9 kind we have never hisri cf a more improper piece of business.