WATCHES BY THE MILLION

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 81, 31 December 1919, Page 7

WATCHES BY THE MILLION

That the Germans are already at work • to caoture our overseas trade is apparent from" a circular sent mo (writes tho "Dailv Mail'' trade correspondent) by' tlio home oflico of n-ftrm wjtli branches at Cane Town, Enst London, and Port Elizabeth. The Cane Town branch received this circular from n man with a, Herman name, who c e address is given as "Posto Restanto. Cane Town, until the end of September, 1913." Ho calls 'himself "con-. f u lpntinVbuyer for South African firms," and offers china, earthenware, enamel ware, hardware, lamps and glassware, cutlery and tools, stationery, lead pen-' oils, pines, ,gramophone, clocks and> watches" from Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Antwerp. The wares ar» 'Offered in ouaniitie.s un to 25,000 tons, tho pipes by ■> t,ho half million, the gramophones by the 300,000 and tie clocks and watches bv the million.

For prompt shipment, free nn board atHamburg, Koitordam- or Amsterdam. ho niso offers 1000 now Gorman pianos with full iron frame, seven octavos, in 50 models, in burr, walnut, redwood, ebonised mahogany, oak, and polis»nder cases nt ,£GO each. According to this circular the agent is on the why to Europe "to commence shipping." Messrs. Lloyds and Co., who send me tin's circular,' add, "Tf is weli for English tracers to 1)0 duly warned of the position." The liuncer of the Germans for somo rn materials and is shown by the exports to Gorman cities, chiefly ilnmbtrc and Cologne. during the past week. We have sent them bales of colton. fibres, hemp, hides, rubber, wopllen cloth, ricc, cinnamon, tapioca, ginger, nutmegs. maize, popper, pimento, toilet and household soap", apparel, paint, candles, starch, carpets,' wool travelling n><", and cotlon lace. ; From Germany we havo received furs, china and earthenware, sundry metal manufactures, mi'nera'T wax. hardware, bristles, and wood pulp. ..A ship now disc'liarcin? her cargo in the Thames has brought J2O packets of 'hops, the placc of oriiiu of which is set down as Bohemia. Several small consignments of sugar, ricc, mnndiocn meal, and lard have been shipped from Brazil, to lest conditions in German markets. .Tannn continues to supply a wide variety of goods. including foodstuffs, lllld tile United States manifests are still extraordinarily varied. One consignment of American hosiery was of the vnhio of j15,4(3.