liio custom of observing "Apr 1 Ijool-s Day" lends thoughtless iidiv:'duals to fall into various kinds of errors of judgment, but one of the most objectionable forms of joking indulged in on that day is 11,0 bs.v'ng oi a message on a persons desk asking him or her to ring „ n s:ic .j, :|)I( ] fair]) a number, the num'ier gaen be;ng that of Sunnysido Menial Hospital, says a Christchur:'h ecJiuge. (his alleged joke was perpetrated on so many persons on last April Fool's Day tiiat by 10 o'clock the Mental Hospital authorities were compelled i< i. i|.ie,si enc uuepnone Jixchnnge ofucia.s not to connect anyone with the institution until after 1 p.m. Quite apart from the inconvenience caused to the Mental Hoep'tal employees by the serious waste of time involved in answering t : ;e telephone every few minutes to no purpose a little thought \v:>uld surely show the would-be clever persons that none but the unfeeling could Ii::d anything to be amused at in the afflictions of those ooor unfortunates whose maladies necessitated treatment at a mental hospital. For it is evident that the idea that these afflictions are amusing, is the basis of this misguided form of Immmnv
'CLOVES FOR NOTHING!" ACTUALLY GIVEN AWAY ! I Gloves for nothing, eh? What now freak is this? Yes, it's, an absolute face, "Gloves for nothing.'' And not only gloves, but handkerchiefs, stockings, collars, ties, and, in fact, anything you like you can get by dealing at Robinson's. It's co-operation, and a sure dividend. It is nothing new, for it has been going on for years, and there's many a lady who gets her nic-nacks in this way and never pays a farthing for them. I will explain it in two twos. When you buy anything at Robinson's for cash —and, by the way, you get the very best value in town 'here—they give you a register ticket or coupon, with the amount oi vour nurcliase printed on. The next time you go you get another, and again," another." When 'the amounts added together reach a pound or more tip to any amount-- you take them back, and ' the Robinson's redeem them' at the rale of Is 3d worth of goods for every pound they represent. Thus, by saving your tickets you get you!' gloves, or anything else you want for nothing. Can you got this
WANTED, Second Shipment of IVtmio Costumes to hand. Call early at Morey's. [TAXIED, Pe ihl, at Moroy aud Son's.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 88, 12 April 1912, Page 6
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