[Editor: This advertisement, which included a copy of a telegram sent to Santa Claus, was published in The Narandera Argus (Narandera, NSW), 17 November 1925.]
Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited
Worldwide Wireless
Radiogram
TO
SANTA CLAUS
TOY ISLANDQUITE A NUMBER OF CHILDREN HERE HAVE ASKED US TO GIVE YOU AN INVITATION TO STAY AT OUR STORE WHERE THEY HOPE TO MEET YOU
PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY
DO COME
WE PROMISE YOU A REAL GOOD TIME
The above is a copy of our
Special Wireless to Santa Claus
The Toy Display at the Big Store this year eclipses all our efforts in past years
ADDED ATTRACTION: Bring the little ones along to see the live WORKING MODEL SUBURBAN TRAIN, driven by electricity, displayed in our Toy Window.
10 per cent. will be allowed off all Cash Purchases of TOYS during the next Two Weeks
Also our LAY-BY SYSTEM is at your disposal. Any Toy will be put aside and kept until Xmas, providing a Small DEPOSIT is paid. This will save the rush and disappointment on Xmas Eve.
Mothers! Buy the Toys for the little ones at the Big Store: Wonderful selections at wonderfully Low Prices. See our windows
S. Richards & Co. Limited
The Big Stores – Narandera and Leeton
Source:
The Narandera Argus (Narandera, NSW), 17 November 1925, p. 3
Editor’s notes:
Only the pertinent parts of the text from the attached graphic have been transcribed.
per cent. = an abbreviation of “per centum” (Latin, meaning “by a hundred”), i.e. an amount, number, or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100; also rendered as “per cent” (without a full stop), “percent”, “pct”, “pc”, “p/c”, or “%” (per cent sign)
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