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We beg to Notify Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Reduced Rates :--
No. 1 HAMPER-$36.
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1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port.
Whisky.
1 Pt. Blackberry Brazily.
1 Pt. D.O.M.
1 Q. Martel's XXX-Braddy. 2.Qta. King Geo. IV. nr Perfection
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Qt. Guillemart Champagna
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1 Qt Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy.
2 Qts. King Geo, IV. or Perfection
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2 Qts. St. Julien Claret.
1 Qt. D.C.L Old Tom or Dry Gin.
1 Qt. Vino de Fasto Sherry.
1 phial. Pomeranzan Bilters.
2 Qt. St. Julied Claret.
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry 1.9.
'1 Qt. D.C.L. Uld Tom or Dry Cio.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1 phial Powersezon Bitters.
No. 3 HAMPER-$26.
1QL Burgoyne's Burgundy.
1,, Pt. D.Ö.M.
1 Pt. F. Peppermint.
2Qts. Sup. E.0. Furt
2 Qus. King Geo. IV. or Perfection
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Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to a deputation from the Association of British Chambers of Commerce on the need for national and local economy, mid that a period of the general, elections in three-ears when members of every party, have been fight ing for the good will of cas electorate and when organised bodies baverok tract- ed pledges of all kinds from men who were anxious to win their seats, has been fraught with the gravest injury to frugal national housekeeping.
SELLING GOODS OVERSEAS.
Rather more than a year ago, when dealing with modern selling problems, we pointed out that some firms had come through the depression of the last few years with relative success solely because during the years of plenty they had devoted as much time and thought to the organisation of the selling as to the manufacturing side of their business. The converse is also true that to-day some acina are in a very weak position beause they have never devoted serious attention to the question of selling, and are dependent for orders upon old established connections and the firms
He would not be surprised if their reabroad to whoor they have given their percussion upon the expenditure of the agencies. We do not desire to reopen the thorny controvesy concerning the res Country had cost £23,000,000.00 £30,000,000 pective advantages of selling direct and year of the expenditure to which the dealing through merchants, but it must! country was, now committed.
be admitted that there is a great deal of Continuing, Le said:-
truth in the charge made by Mr. Arthur Samuel at Woking that if we sometime
too
The non-contributory scheme of old-age rensions started Afteen years ago is in- creasing in cost every year from the fact orders because our prices are that we are now getting into a period high, we sometimes lose orders because our setting skill is too low. "Goods," said the 10 years after the large expansion of Minister for Overseas Trade, do not sell pulation which characterised the mid
Day themselves. Indispensable as good adver- Victorian era took place.
Taking the House of Commonastising is, advertising has to be followed whole; while any resolution in regard to up by good salesmanship. Advertising und economy would be vehemently applaaded catalogues are indispensable spearheads of and supported, the particular acts trade, but you must have the driving force to push that spearhead home. That which you take in pursuance of such general policy would an encounter very driving force is the man, and particular- ly the man on the spot. We arges with Serious opposition. Even the great news- rapers who are engaged in supporting the 3r. Samitel that salesmanship is a great chise of economy, and i welcome their art, an art of personality requiring long doing so, they each have their pet ex training, knowledge of men, and judg penditure. One set of newspapers, while ment and tast as well as energy and The lesson he wiebes to appealing for economy, would say "Hands. initiative, Off the Navy. Another set will say convey has been frequently taught in: "Hands Off Education," another set will these columns, but it is clearly one that say "Hands Off the Road Fund." or what some Bring are very slow to learn.. ever it may be.
LIMIT TO ROAD SPENDING.
Probably we should be near the truth i wo anid that the manufacturer is usually more interested in manufactur- ing thag, in selling, and that he is tempted to deal with that side of his business vicariously by appointing agents and opening accounts with merchants, and then to turn to phases of his business in which he takes greater delight. But in these days of keen competition no one canhope to keep in the race unless the utinost efficiency is attained at all points.
It indicates the growth of an organised public opinion which must become strong enough to force all sectional interests to fall into their proper place in the economy of the national finance.Take the question of the Road Fund Here is a fund which is now providing £17,000,000 a year for cur ronds, and it may conceive ably in a few years provide 125,000,600. I am all for developing our roads, espe- cially our rural roads, which have suffer-Selling goods is just as important as ed very much front new and heavy traffic. but there must be some limit to that expenditure. ("Hear, hear.")
We must be able to consider whether we can afford a splendid rod in this direction or whether, we can afford some ather alternative expenditure, or whether we are prepared to impose fresh taxa tion on the over-burdened community as a means of providing additional revenue. Everything has to be balanced against everything else." The Government have not come to a final decision on that parti- cular point as yet, but I strongly urge that there must be no branch of national expenditure which we are to be told iz sacrosanct and must not even be examin al from the point of view of the general interest of the country. Hear, hear
INDUCE STAFFS,
Where's last year 1 did not get "td estimates into this Department any effectual form, owing to the election, until about a month before they had to be presented to Parliament, we have been how already for many weeks past in de tailed examination of all the proposals of the Departments. I entirely agree tant it would be intolerable that any one Department or any one service like the Navy should be selected alone for, public economy and the whole of the rest of our caormous expenditure left intact.
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aking them, and some men and the science of selling infinitely more absorb ing than the art of manufacture. Such men devote attention as much to the psychological as to the practical side of salesmaïship, nad study it from every spect. They are prepared to face the discomfort inseparable from active work! on the road, and they approach their task with enthusiasm and knowledge. To their efforts the prosperity of many aa irtant business organization is directly due. But, on the other hand, there are many young men who are not willing to andergo the stiff course of pro- paration Becessary for the equipment of aa expert salesman, and we tear that many business men are too self-satisfied to recognize their own shortcomings he salesmen Believing that they have nothing to learn, had 'being entirely out of touch with modern conditions, they de liberately discourage, the efforts of the younger members of their staff to become more fully qualified.
We are perfectly well aware that in saying this we are guilty of heresy. One can scarcely open & newspaper without coming across a speech by some well- known business man exhorting young me to train themselves to occupy bet ter positions, but in those whose ac quaintance with actual conditions is not The Cabinet Committee on Economy restricted to a study of public utterances has surveyed the main scope of the civil and a perusal of popular bandbooks it expenditure and Lord Colwyn's. Com is quite a common experience to find mittce is working simultaneously over the feld of the three Sghting Services, and promotion given for all sorts of personal reasons, rather than as the result of 1 am sure we shall achievo important res careful consideration as to which mem uults. Whether they will be sufficient is another question, but that they will be ber of the staff is most likely to prove important nad substantial is certain successful if given a wider sphere of activity. While this state of affaire con- Hear, hear. With regard to the times the tale of lost orders will grow question of the size of the staffs of longer. We should be glad if every Departments, they must uffles reader of this paper would follow the strict verheul, and I cannot believe toptandpla of the Minister for Overseas it is not possible to effect a certain duction in numbers,
I agree that few things could be more unfortunate than the reimposition of inxation next year, and I need scarcely say that whatever strength I possess and whatever ingenuity my advisers may possess will be directed to avoiding such a most melancholy and untoward event. which might easily chill the revival of which perhaps there are some appreciable, I will not say signs, but hopes, at the present time,, (Hear, hear.")
Trade and exhibit in a prominent place || a card bearing the words, "Goods do not sell themselves." But that alone is not sufficient. The corollary is the en- couragement of young men to fight for orders on the road by making the rewards of their efforts commensurate with their arduous nature, and most important of all-by setting a good personal example.- Time
BOMBSHELL AT LIBERAL. DINNER.
LLOYD GEORGE OFFERS TO
RETIRE...
Let them realiss while time remains that either sacrifices have to be made in cherished projects, that reduction has to 31R. he made in expenditure which has ha] " hind it the sympathy of powerful in terests, cr the taxpayer with invited to
Lloyd George dropped a bomi- undertake new burdens. I am not going shell at the Liberal dinner in the House to be optimistic at all about the struggle of Commons recently when proposing to.curtail expenditure which is proceding | Lord. Oxford and Asquith's health.” “I Actively on many fronts at the san I am an obstacle to Liberal unity, I am Line, but I eertainly do not despair that we shall make our way through our difprupared to retire I want that to be. fully understood. I don't want to be! heulties, great though they be. Do not, the cause of the Liberal Party failing to however, suppose that it would be poss get together. I could commit political ible at the prescat time to repeat the immense reduction which, the Geddes suicide, but I don't see why I should.
am quite honest and I have not any in- Committee were able to achieve,
tention of so doing.
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The speech created a deep impression and Lord Oxford' and Asquith im mediately emphasised that everybody must have differences of opinion re
In an eminently practical book bgarding policy, but he begged that no hockey just published it late one would begin to talk about retiring. People are too prono that hockey can
traced back from the Party. to hundreds of years before to talk about the death-bed of the Christian est
It is almost certas Liberal Party, I am afraid that I have! that the ancients in Asin evolved bean at the death bed of the Liberal sport and its enchantments laid, the Party on many occasions, but Liberalism early Greeks under tribute, for.. a has revived notwithstanding the gloomy recently discovered bas-relief, from a forecasts which sometimes have been wall built by Themistocles (611-449 B.C.) made."
clearly shows players bullying off. The Another proof of Liberal disunion was National Museum at Copenhagen shows the division on the Communist resolution another bully off incident dating is the House of Commons. The As back to 1559, and so on throughout quithian Liberals all abstained, but subsequent centuries the growing of the several of the old National Liberal game can be traced until it attained the Farty, including Bir Alfred Mönd, votal proud position, of being a world-wide against the Communiste. Major L'Hors- pastime.
Belisha, also voted for the Government.
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