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He was often asked “When will the Cape-to-Cairo Railway be finished?” remarked Mr Temple Perkins (District Commissioner, Uganda) at the Rotary Club luncheon in Wellington. Personally he thought never. It was not needed. -It was a dream only. What they required in Africa was communication from east to west, not from north to south. There was still a little gap of 2500 miles in the Capeto Cairo Railway—(Laughter) and he thought that gap would never be closed. Have you given your mattress a thorough inspection recently. It may he that they are wearing or some other defection that demands a thorough overhaul or perhaps a new mattress. Wonderful improvements have been effected in recent times in the construction of pure kapoc bedding by new methods of manufacture. Our mattress department is featuring this week pure first quality Samarang kapoc bedding at values that are unsurpassed. Inspect to-day, when we are sure you will be fully convinced that our mattresses are just that little different which makes for added comfort. Double bed mattresses for 55/-, 59/0, 69/6 to 99/6, single bed for 29/6, 35/- to 59/6, all tufted, bordered and piped and many with roll edge; well-filled pillows 3/11, 4/11, 5/6 and 6/6 each at the store for better values —Hooker and Kingston, Ltd.**
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18024, 20 May 1930, Page 6
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