STATION 2ZB TURNS ITSELF INTO A GENERAL STORE

New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 269, 18 August 1944, Page 11

STATION 2ZB TURNS ITSELF INTO A GENERAL STORE

ITH the idea of discovering whether a Patriotic Shop could be successfully established in Wellington, 2ZB was approached recently with the question: "Could it be done?" It could be, and was, Within one week, listeners and firms tallied to the appeal from 2ZB, and hundreds of commodities of every conceivable type were cheerfully handed in. Among them were even tinned foodstuffs, which had disappeared with the war. Within five days, every member of 2ZB staff was pressed into service in some capacity. On Saturday, ‘four staff members worked all day pricing the goods. This was something of a problem, particularly with the. groceries, but a telephone cali to a grocery firm solved the problem, the supervisor himself

coming round to settle the question. All : Sunday was taken up in stocking the shop, and on the Monday at noon the real work of selling to the public began. In the meantime, 2ZB looked rather like a general store with goods and commodities coming in every day from listeners anxious to help. One old woman arrived with a small package and handed it over with the remark that she and her husband were old-age . pensioners, and this was all they could donate. The package contained a perfect set of old sterling silver pepper and salt servers, together with spoons, in a plush case. This donation brought one of the highest prices. That.2ZB’s effort had been a complete success was shown the following Friday, when the sum of £225 was handed to the Wellington Metropolitan Patriotic Committee. Our photograph shows a small part of the goods which were donated, being priced for 2ZB’s Patriotic Shop).