"Frustrated Exports"
: j Only the "imperfect" articles j were for sale to the British public ! and the best were taken for exI port, said Miss Nelle Scanlon | when speaking to members of the Southern Wellington Federation of Women's Institutes in Levin on Wednesday. There were occasions when best quality goods found their way on to the local market and Miss Scanlon described how at a street stall she had, after making a purchase, asked the vendor how it was that the article she had bought was unprocurable in the shops. yet available on his stall. "These are frustrated exports, madam," the vendor had . replied, indicating that he was not averse to black market dealings.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 October 1949, Page 4
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