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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17335, 25 November 1916, Page 12

Judging by the advertisement* in Berlin papers, the ordinary life of the Germans in the twentv-sixtb. month u the war is little different from pre-w.ii days. Since the introduction of rations for all important foodstuffs, announcements of provisions, in which great shops like Wertheim and Tiete 'establishments used to specialise, have practically disappeared, but otherwise the advertising sections of popular mediums are filled with much the same sort of matter one finds in London papers at this season. Attractive full-page ad» vertisements of autumn fashions fo? women are a conspicuous feattire. De« f-pito the rationing of textiles una clothing, Berlin merchants seem abli« to cater for the feminine wardrobe «|ii of yore, and at prices which very favourably with the bargains notf\ teniptiug London ivon;ou.. ]