GERMAN PRISONERS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 153, 10 September 1941, Page 3

GERMAN PRISONERS

BUYING BRITISH

A new arrival at a camp for prisoners of war "somewhere in Britain" was being put through the routine search when the guard, to his astonishment, found in one ol' the German's pockets a folder from a roll of panchromatic British film. The prisoner, who spoke, good English, seemed surprised when asked why lie used British film. He said lie always had done so because he liked it better than the German. He. probably got the film in one of the countries over-run by tlie Nazis. It had not been exported to German}' for several years but there iverc- extensive stocks in France, Holland, Belgium and Denmark. These lost markets have been more than made up for by bigger shipments to the British Empire, the linited States, and South AmeAnother British firm which specialises in photographic paper reports that its exports have been quadrupled during the first four months of the year, breaking new ground in North Borneo, Kenya and Thailand. Australia is taking nine times as much: Brazil five times. India three times: while supplies to South Africa, New Zealand and China have been doubled.