It is probable that next Christmas many hundreds of children in New Zealand will go without the toys to which they eagerly look forward each year. As a result of the import restrictions Father Christmas will find himself with a very much lighter load this year, and he may have to abandon visits to many homes. An inquiry in Invercargill revealed that the’ warehouse stocks of toys are very low. The toy business is a highly season one and Christmas stocks, which usually arrive in August and September, are ordered on a basis which leaves very little surplus when the yearly demand is over. Invercargill warehouses are carrying very few toys at present, and what stocks they have are rapidly being bought by retailers. The retail shops are not yet feeling the full effect of the import restrictions —some of them are carrying good stocks—but it is expected that by the time the toy season come round the position will be a serious one.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 May 1939, Page 3
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