CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
HIGH PRICES IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, December 13.
With Christmas so near, shopping in London has become almost a treasure hunt. Most of the London shops have put on a very good show. It was recently announced that 1,670,000 turkeys will be available for civilians, including 70,000 from South America, and the price per lb of drawn and trussed birds will average 4/2. There will be no crackers, but toys apparently are more plentiful this year, although they are dear, largely owing to a 100 per cent. tax. There has been a ramp in. toys, and pieces of painted rough wood in imaginative shapes have been sold at exorbitant prices. An instance of what people will pay for toys was given at a country auction, where farmers bid from £8 to £24 for dolls’ prams. Belgium has sent 40,000 toys, all tax free, for poor children. There is a big book boom, in spite of the paper shortage, and the ma--jority of books are reported to have I been sold as soon as they are published. j
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 December 1944, Page 8
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