Expensive Safety Pins
References to the high cost of living in China since the inflation of the dollar was made by Miss Annie James, in an address recently in Christchurch. Miss James was describing some of her experiences as a nurse in the Foreign Missions branch of the Presbyterian Church. Before she left her hospital to come to New Zealand, Miss James said, she promised the nurses there that she would send them some safety pins as soon as possible. Her promise proved difficult to fulfil, for in Canton safety pins were unobtainable, and in Hongkong it cost her 30/- for a dozen. Miss James added that an umbrella she purchased before she left China cost £6.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 69, 6 January 1947, Page 8
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117Expensive Safety Pins Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 69, 6 January 1947, Page 8
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