SQUANDER BUG RAMPANT
HIGH PRICES FOR TOYS
With the present dearth of incch« anieal toys on a Christmas market that in pjo-wur days offered generous scope for selection, there. Avas eager bidding among a large attendance, in which women predominated, for a large offering of toys, children's tricycles, etc., at a special sale conducted at a Hamilton auction room.. The type of wooden toy which can now be procured in the majority of shops sold at a reasonable figure, but in the mechanical .section tiie -bidding quickly left the pre-war values behind. Typical of eager bidding was the purchase, ol' a small mechanical car. which would have retailed for about i/~ a couple of years ago, for 10/-. A boy's bicycle was knocked down for £14 5.-, trieyc.ltfs of medium quality l'orj £7 to £8 10/-, a Hornby train for £9, ; a meccano set (good quality) £9, and a doll's pram £2 iO/-< Two second hand toy sewing machines fetched £;"> f)/- each, and another which cost 2/11 pre-war, sold for £1 17/-.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 40, 14 January 1944, Page 3
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172SQUANDER BUG RAMPANT Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 40, 14 January 1944, Page 3
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