English Girl Impressed With Goods Offered In New Zealand Shops

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 14, 20 January 1948, Page 4

English Girl Impressed With Goods Offered In New Zealand Shops

An English girl immigrant,' who recently arrived in Wellington, said the first thing which struck her on entering the shopping area was the variety of goods that were to be found in shops, the cottons, silks and wool were a joy to behold. Coupled with the abundance of dress goods she had noticed, the English girl also remarked on the plentitude of glass and chinaware in Wellington shops. Tea services were unknown in English shops, as were matching cups and saucers. She recalled having toured districts in London searching for a few odd cups and considering herself lucky if she got beakers, a type of handleless thick china cup. “Last, but not least, your food shops, outstanding among which are the butchers,” she stated, “with windows well filled. I have not seen a well-stocked meat shop for several years. It is good to see so- much, but I feel sad in heart when I think of the brave people back home still sacrificing so much to survive. Your food shops are well-stocked with all the good things of a pre-war England.”