CHRISTMAS TRADE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 71, 17 December 1919, Page 12

CHRISTMAS TRADE

BIGGER AND BRIGHTER THAN Era, In Wellington city the Christmas trado has set in in real earnest, and retailers are pretty wo'.l unanimous in the opinion that tho turnover for tho .pro-Christ-mas period promises to be Trigger than ever. * Prices are higher for all • lines than has been tho rule, particularly in such lines as are in active demand at this time of the year for presents, viz., fancy goods, toys, drapery, jewellery, etc., but such as they are, according lo retailers, the public do not. appear .to bo in the least deterred from satisfying their requirements, and the shop-hands are finding no time to twiddle their thumbs whilst awaiting the next, customer. 1 ■ , Foodstuffs are, of course, dearer than last year, particularly in lines peculiar to Christmas, such as dried fruits, crystallised fruits, preserves, and conserves. For all those lines for which wo are dependent on countries abroad, tho prices are "tall," but. the sale""is said to be brisk. There is a shortage of Christ'mas hams, which are spllinj* from between Is. 9d. to 2s. per 11). The reason for the shortage of hams and baconninny grocers are not able to oupplv is paid to l>e Hm number of butter factories which have fjone in for cheese. That means a falliiw-ofF. in the skimmed'milk supply, on wliich many dai.rv fanners liavo depended for food for their porkers. Owins, perhaps, to the backward fonson, the earlier fruits are not f0 plentiful as usual for December. and consequently prices arn high, and are likely to remain so for a few weeks to conio.

"Everybody's doing it." Wli.il ? Voting for his country ami tin? child tu-day. Vote i'or Prohibition.—Advt.

"I am subjected to colds on my chest, and so is wy wife. We get a lightness that is choking and needs immedialo casing. Nothing gives us such instant relief by culting the phlegm and easing the chest as Baxter's Lung Preserver. A. E. Wildey, 103 ITataiiai Head. Wellington. Get "Baxter's" to-day. 2s. fid. at chemist or store—Advt.

Tested in thousands of kitchens, fiITATILAND'S Baking Powder lias never failed to rise. Costs less than others—worth m ore.—Advt.

"As vnu like it." New' Zealand wet for SO years; national debt. .I'SO.fIIM.OOO. Kansas dry, 30 years; State debt, nil. Wipe o.ul Liquor, to-day .—.Advt.