In one of the auctioneers stores in Christelmreh is a stone which bears tha legend '-Kaiapoi honesty."' Inquiries as to its histoiy elicited the fact that it had been found" in a kerosene tin full of fat which had be^n sent to the store fw>m Kaiapoi to bs sold by auction. Unfortunately for the vsndor tiie buyers of fa,t have so oft«i been taken in with "fake packing" tha* before they buy tins of fat they no# invariably use the " tester," and this us* fui instrument- revealed the ppesenge of th* stone, which weighs about Qif>. Twenty-nine thousapd nine hundred an4 eagihty-five friendly societies are registered in the United J£ingd<an, with a total membership of over eleven millions, and thirty* eight millions of fundst
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7231, 18 October 1901, Page 2
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124Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 Star (Christchurch), Issue 7231, 18 October 1901, Page 2
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