CARDS AND TOYS
CHRISTMAS GIFTS A marked shortage of both cards and toys may occur next Christmas according to information given by retailers when enquiries were made.
"The shops will be found to be well stocked with Christmas gifts, however, "There will be plenty to buy," was one stationer's comment. "If peopl/e cannot secure one thing they can buy another." With the importation of cards and toys from Great Britain now banned,. NeAV Zealand factories will enjoy an almost complete monopoly in these lines and, while the quality, if not as high generally as the imported article, is quite good, the ! i variety of ingenious novelties which on!}' overseas firms can yet manufacture will be conspicuous by their absence. While Dominion firms may be able to cope with the demand for cards, those with intricate coloured designs which have in the past been imported from Great Britain and, to a smaller extent, U.S.A, will be almost unobtainable. Similarly, calendars will be restricted in the varieties available. The inability of Dominion factories to produce toys on mass production lines wilft add this Christmas to higher prices. The small metal toys, which, made by specialist factories, can be retailed for sixpence or a shilling, will this Christmas be mainly replaced by larger New Zealand made wooden toys. The larger tj'pe of metal toys, also made in New Zealand, will also be available, but difficulties in securing metal will probably result in these being in short supply. It was pointed out that the Dominion's factories could not be expected to expand sufficiently in a night to be able to produce goods* as cheaply and as rapidly as overseas firms, but, as the industry developed, the quantity and quality of goods that were coming forward was improving and the opinion w r as expressed that as time passed, Dominion made articles would come forward to fill the gaps created by import restrictions.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 216, 23 September 1940, Page 3
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318CARDS AND TOYS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 216, 23 September 1940, Page 3
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