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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 73, 23 February 1918, Page 8

auction sales. MAKAHU SHEEP FAIR. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. At 12.30 p.m. mHB FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE JL ORGANISATION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED, will oiler by Public Auction, as below:-' MIXED SHEEP, including—■lso ewes 700 owes 300 owes •150 c ivos 100 cu es GOO ewes' 200 wethers 3.00 l-iooth wethers 200 2-toolh to Urn. ewes 100 lambs, mixed sexes and in lots 15 18-month steers 20 mixed weatiers 10 mixed weaners 10 store cows 1 bull GOVERNMENT VALUATION OF SHEEPSKINS, HIDES, AND CALFSKINS. mHE above valuations will be held at our Wool Stores, at Stratford every four weeks. Next Valuation, Tuesday, Feb. 12. Consignments must arrive by Friday previous to valuation. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO.. LTD Why Tea Costs More— The Third Article of & Series dealing with « question which vitaliy affects every housewife . The increased demand for tea to day is due to tc the tact that huge quantities arc wanted for the 25 million men under arms. The Heads of the Armies of the world know that there is' no drink so stimulating and beneficial, and hence they must have tea for their men no matter what it costs Then, too, at the stroke of a pen, 'die great Russian Nation has been turned into a tea drinking people, and the money previously upsnt on Vodka is now available tor the purchase ci tea But there is only a limited supply of tea and that supply is not sufficient to fill the present requirements. Hence at the tea auctions in Ceylon it has risen in price month by month, until tc-day it costs the packer 2sd to 3d per lb, more than in August last. ;,This, of course, affects New Zeal/Ad very greatly, for the finest tea in the world, has been sold here at prices which cap not be equalled. Although this seems a bold statement, it is one that will bear the closest investigation. For instance, a great propoition of the tea imports to England consist of what is known as-‘'rcd stalk’’ tea, the lowest possible grade—so low that it is prohibited throughout Australasia. Yet even this lowest grade is sold in England at 1/6 or more per lb., while for fine teas of the quality Qi “ Amber Tips.” 2/8 to 3/4 per lb. is asked. <?-' Taa experts the world over an.- astonished at the remarkable quality, flavour, fragrance and value given in 11 Amber Tipi” at so low b once, and it is because no better value can be obtained 1 anywhere, that “Amber Tips” is to-day the most popular brand m New Zealand, Millions of packets of ‘“’Ambers Tips” are sold per annum. It is stocked in every shop from the North Cape to the Bluff. Only excaptiona) value could bo responsible for so exceptional a sale. But fine to«, is now costing the "Amber Tips” Proprietors, as well a* other tea merchants, an average of 2jdto 3d. per lb. more than in August, 1314. Therefor©, if a fair price was charged before the war, tin tea merchant -ir to-day faewei with an enormous loss should he continue to pack the same quality at bis old prices. Of coure there in the alternative of cheapening the quality by an admixture of inferior, leas healthful teas, The “ArnbarTips” Proprietors wore advised by many to do this, but instead they decided to raise tbs price by 2d. per lb., and to continue to give the public that same splendid value which has always been asaodiitad with the uaruo “Amber Tips.” Now, Mrs. Housewife, erhat is your opinion of the whole matter? Would you rather have the same delightful flavour, quality, purity and value and pay a penny a i-lb. packet more—or would you rather have an inferior and kee healthful tea at the old price? But you say “other tons have not been raised in prices,” If bo you can readily use that either excessive nr>ces were charged before tha war-so excessive that even an extra 2sd. or 3d. in cost per lb. still enables a profit, to be made —or quality must bo reduced, othora heavy lost, must ho faced. But even at increased figures Amber Tips is still the cheapest tea yon can buy. Cup for cup, value for value, nothing else can equal it, while it ia so pur© and healthful that it can he taken by even those of the weakest digestion. Buroly these facts should weigo with 7 on. Consider tbetn carefully-write? and tell us your conclusions. We believe that you want quality and that you want value. For that reason we have rained our prices because only by doing no can wo continue to give you the same honest quality and the came honest val***. lo! id i/io, a/-, at: a *>«■ /&. Thf, only tea that has (c increase i’Ls 1 priege — tkzfor«(?omg a nil (ell jon! j>hy. | T>UTTER--WRA TPEI >S.- To Dairy 6> Farmers who uif.', ■> their owu butler: Obtain your hut ioi-wi upper a ut the “Stratford Post” dob Printing Office,