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RED SEA COAST.

AN ITALIAN BASE. l THE BAZAARS OF ERITREA. In this city. approachable by railway from the lied Sea eoust. there are, as in all African elites, a. market and a bazaar. writes a correspondent in the New Yuri: Times from lieren, liritren. .tn the former the usual pitiful steel; is ltlllds 01' suites, tcu, cuil'ee, and brighteoloured beads from Czechoslovakia. Empty bottles and e\'en empty cams are sold for infinitesimal sums. The hazutu- is always more preten—ttu‘us and more interesting in these towns than the marital. it in lnvurl—ably a celleetiun 01‘ little :stures {holes in the wall" they would be called in America), une next to the ether, stretrhing around the main square oi“ the town and its adjoining streets. There is always a pertiee on which the goods are llispluwd. Nu hawking is ever done; llxlSSC‘l'S‘lJ)’ can leek to their heart‘s content, linger the goods and pass on without ever heing asked to buy anything. How—ever, thut does not ineatn the natives are not keen salesmen. Unfortunately for the foreigner there is virtually nothing worth buying—cloths from Japan an India. spices from across the Red Sea. hemls from Czechoslovakia. sweets from Italy, coffee from Ethiopia and the iYemen. in vain Llees one tool; for [native products. .\‘either art n'ur culture, in the European sense oi" the inords. exists in either Eritrea ur Ethiopia. \\'ith the pussihlc exception or weeks in silver. There are native craftsmen \\hu lire lreasonahly skill'ul in fashioning silver ijewellery. though for the liner \\'nrit liliey generally have to import lndiuns. Native women wear unitlets, lirueelets, 't-Jrrings :inti llO:L‘~l'lll5>‘, ttllll all these lure mutle 11y nnti\'c \\'m'kmen. ltow—lever, they are generally t'l'lllll} in \\Ht'li—‘ntanship. ‘ As in the l’nr liasl, human ltilmur ‘||:is little enmim'reiill Milne. if you jl-uy u silxer luxieelet in ii native shop, lt‘or instunvv, the .\ltnlllit‘n‘lio)‘ \\ill rte—llvrmine its \'.illle l\_\' \\l‘LL‘lllll]: it in :1 lmlnnee. Hit the other side ni' \\hil'll lie pint-es .\lurin Theresa thnlers \\‘ul‘lll 13 in ii lire. it your lmieelet weighs six thulm's, 01‘ about Ml lire \\erth, 3011 run buy it for about $3 lire. It in the .\ilW‘l’Hllilll‘s shop. in, you [pass are u )uune chirt'iuin ulltl his

___.____—__—__. four vovav \\'i\’c<_ ’J‘lwy have 1111 mum lo squat in 4:11 nmum'd but dignium n'iwle :u'nlmnl (11v .\ih'ormnilh as In: rowirs an unklvt belonging: to one “1' Ih.- qur. ’l'hw \\'Hl‘lx is llllh‘lily dune :lell Hwy .‘lll lilv nut, Illl‘ \\i\'l‘>i first. \\ulkinu' Ulll' lu'lliud llu‘ nlhc'r lln'uugll llxv lmzaul', .mul lln'u le \\ulchful uml pr-nul wun: lmslmml. __.——

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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 14

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RED SEA COAST. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 14

RED SEA COAST. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 14

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