SHORTAGE OF MATCHES
Although most Auckland shopkeepers still have some supplies of safety matches, which were' purchased some time ago, stocks held by wholesale' merchants are practically exhausted. Orders are being rationed to small quantities. One development of the shortage is that firms are now instructing thei r travellers to press the sale of wax matches.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 11
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56SHORTAGE OF MATCHES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 11
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