"MADE IN GERMANY,"

Mataura Ensign, 14 February 1916, Page 7

"MADE IN GERMANY,"

SO MOUK OK IT

\Vil!lt is Ureal Britain doing, ki replace tli ( > German goods which olice flowed >o freely into this count ry ? The question (states a London paper) is one which the groat shopkeepers of London can answer, In their various doparinonts, from toys and children's clothes and hlr.- to I'liinture. they sill to-d iy the goods of Allied manufacture, which are taking the place of (ionium good-. 'lMiiiiijjrh handicapped by a shortage of nieit, nriehines aild money, the matitlfacturores of Great Britain lithe stepped with alacrity into the hroaeh. "II tliis or any Government," sail Mr Lawrie, the general, manager of W'hiteley's, Queen's Roid. W.. "would guarantee to keep German goods out of this country after the war the British manufacturer would he able t » make articles as good and cheap a- ever anio from Saxony of Bavaria, Jt is wonderful to see whit they have hj ei aide to produce already,'' The contents of l lli.-, London store illustrate how many goods made hv British and Allied countries ale liov sold in place of German goods:— [.'his—The host models for high-priced furs hefofo the war came Iniu 15 i[in. Vienna and Paris. The list-named citv is now "actmg splendidly" an 1 -•ending the finest models. F.nglan 1 has not yet discovered how to M 't a fashion in furs.

Costumes.—The best models are coming from Par's. "1 can got along boiler without the Berlin models." sail the manageress. "I never loved th-ir heavy-trimmed stuff." Hosiery and Women's I'nderwear.— A great deal came I roni Wurt icmberg aid Saxony. Although British makers ntv short of yarn and men they are supplying all British requirements. Fnnev Goods.—The trade has been hard hit hv the blockade of Gormanv. The sellers are short of all leather and metal goods and "noveltie'-." As mm n as the pressure upon the makers is relieved by a lessened demand for inuti - tion.s Birmingham and other eit'os can make ad Germany and Austria I'onne--ly supplie<l. Mirrors.— Formerly these good- c'lirc from the towns of Northern Franc \ now invaded and ruined. Brit ish-uiad ■ mirrors are now coining into the m;i"ket. but they are not vet equal to th" French-made in price and unal'ty eomhinod. Stationery.'—The British cabnd r makers have supplied all that was lacking from Gormanv and Austria. Pond's equal to and as cheap as thcßiv.r--uin art.icle are now being mado near London in large quantities. Chi'dren's ( lothos.—Germany special ised in little girls' frocks before the war. British makers are now lillm ' the iilaee of Gorman, but the style an I linisb are not yet equal to the German.