BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21781, 21 April 1934, Page 6 (Supplement)

BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR

GADGETS FOR HOUSEWIVES MANY PRACTICAL NOVELTIES The British Industries Fair is one oi ! those exhausting exhibitions where one tramps for miles between rows of stalls parked with goods of every conceivable description, wrote a London correspondent on March 1. Tlio Queen sets her imbjects a good examplo in the nutter of patriotism, however, for she hi s made over a hundred purchases ai d walked about five miles on each visit. Nevertheless, the exhibition is will worl.li a visit. There arc innumeral le gadgets which appeal to women. 0 -ersea buyers have been placing onlers with lavish optimism, and probal ly all the most attractive novelties w: 11 be sijen hero in the course of the next couple of mouths. Washable garden labels, made of a kind of ivorine, will bo popular. They fit instantly on to any firm stem with--01 t fastening,, and can bo equally easily detached, They are.washable and everla .ting. They can also be had ready fitted to stainless steel spikes for pluggi :ig into the garelon bed. Zip fasteners with rubber teeth, in pi ice of the savage little metal claws, look practical. They are specially suitable for handbags, nightdress cases, la indry bags and such things where er ds are likely to protrude and be caught up in the teeth. The rubber te3th cannot tear or mutilate the corner of a handkerchief that rashly protrudes from a bag. Certainly a be on,. Another rubber innovation takes tlie form of a guard at each end of a njilbrush, to prevent that spotting with soapsuds that is so usual with the hi sty use of a nailbrush of the ordinal y type, There is a bookshade, a tiny folding fa a of pleated paper, which fits over the top edges of a book. When the be ok is opened the fan will expand ai.d shade the pages from the glare of tie sun. This is ideal for those who w:sh to read out of doors without h{ rniing their eyes. Cellophane, both white and coloured, wis widely demonstrated at the Fair. It is specially recommended for protection whom sun-bathing, since it prevent;! sunburn, yet there is no interferer ce with the valuable ultra-violet rays. Its use Por protecting foodstuffs from ccntamination by flies, insects or dust wis emphasised. Rubber bricks for nursery games are a novelty that will appeal to mothers of young children. Investigating infants an test these bricks in their mouths with safety. No splinters are possible, and theru is no paint to lick off. Also, in tlie event of a nursery war breaking out, they make harmless yet satisfying missiles.