M.P.'S' JAPANESE GIFT
British M.P.'s received by post in December a fountain pen which was bought for 2jd. It was sent to them by the Association of British Manufacturers of Stationery Goods ''as an example of Japanese competition. "It gives some idea of the competition British manufacturers have to face," said the honorary secretary in his letter to M.P.'s, " because it is utterly impossible to produce such goods without gravely lowering the standard of living in this country." An application for import duties has been made,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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