Page 9 Advertisements Column 1

Southland Times, Issue 18967, 14 June 1923, Page 9

The Market of Southland. INVERCARGILL The Business Centre of the Province. i . ' \ ; ♦ qOUTHLAND is proud of its vigorous and thriving country towns and of the men whose devotion to the public interest is pushing them ahead. The future of Southland is wrapped up in their prosperity and expansion, and all Southlanders desire to see them grow in size and importance and will Combine when opportunity offers to assist them. There is no real rivalry between Invercargill and the country towns because their interests are identical Whatever contributes to the progress of the country town contributes to the progress of Invercargill, because Invercargill is the trade depot and central market for the province as a whole. A glance at the map will show the position in which Invercargill stands in relation to the port of Bluff, the natural channel for the whole of Southland’s inward and outward trade. On the other hand Invercargill lies at the centre of the network of railways and roads that are the basis of the system of distribution for the province. Economically and geographically Invercargill is the business centre as well as the capital tef Southland. > ‘ ...... ' ■■■■ . I.U'.'J 1 . .'J, ' 1 J ■ . r.'.—.'.-.n 1 ' ..■■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ==—■ lOA\\ O Arrow SOUTHLANDERS ’ \ // INVERCARGHI a, 'Wo// COME TO INVERCARGILL Lk M DOES SOUTHLAND’S BUSDSES rd I v S f) 5 y vA 1 w/ d ; Because: W J 3 Kingston , It is the Banking centre of the Province. W Garston f ' J ft has always recognfeedT ?t& leSponßik =rj J bilities as the central marketr It is the Legal centre of the Province. x f ' # It has always enaeavoxrrea keep its trade facilities and ctnrretiences It is the district headquarters of the ° f * departments of the Public Service. ‘ ff j \\ / It has kept right up-to-date itt itsfehope> Bddiwood 9Zh/rforz- warehouses, offices and stores and It is the location of the warehouses, 0 22 ' c S Benmore X Mnfcfc their eqll ip menti slock agents and wholesale firms. tfwa/nlr, \ | C/iSden]l \k / O/Tpdz’jzzta § V 8 0 \ It affords amusement and It is the scene of the province’s principal Zw Browns ’ business is done. agricultural, industrial and sporting > ,T I 1 \Hedghope palau™ § Brydone It j s the meeting place of friends final /(C.B opposite sides of the district It is the concentration point of all con- eiPVA & t j 1 • r • W Mataura Island lerences and gatherings of a provm- It i® the pace where the farmer Can BEC cial character. A his business agent, his banker, life lawyer, his dentist, the Commfeolara sioner of Crown Land, the officials It is the focus of all provincial interests V '^ / of the Agricultural Department, the and the starting point of all Pro- County engineer, the secretary of vincial effort. W. the Education Board and the other people with whom he has dealings VX ISLAND all in one day. J For the convenience of the country people of Southland the Shops of Invercargill will be open = ALL DAY SATURDAY = and every Saturday thereafter. Town stocks, Town staffs, Town facilities are at the disposal of the farmer and the farmer’s wife who are invited to avail themselves to the fullest extent of the town’s resources. Saturday is Marke± Day.