SILLY BUSINESS. ! “Here is an example I came across of trade lost through British manufacturers’ stupidity. Lu Guadalajara, Mexico, a firm wanted electrical plant. They asked a British firm for estimates. The British firm sent them in English with ■ English weights, meaures, and currency. They were thrown away,” writes Mr Hamilton. Fyfe. in “Reynold’s Illustrated News.” ‘‘An American firm sent estimates in Spanish with Mexican prices and measures —and got the business.”
Men’s heavy fleecy lined singlets, usually 4s lid and 3s lid, now to clear at Is UcL McKays,—Advt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1931, Page 5
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90Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1931, Page 5
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