TRADE WITH SAMOA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20316, 26 January 1928, Page 10

TRADE WITH SAMOA.

BOYCOTT EFFECTS NOT APPARENT. NEXT MONTH WILL I-HOW. (Special to Daily Times.) AUCKLAND, January 25. “So far as this firm is concerned there has been no falling off in orders from Samoa,” said an Auckland merchant to-day when asked if the reported boycott of New Zealand goods had affected his business. The merchant said that his company sent large quantities of soap to the islands of the Pacific, and had done so for many years. There had been no diminution in orders during *he past 12 months. It would be a big loss to the firm if soap orders were given to the Australian firms. “ Next month should tell a tale,” he said, “ because February is invariably our busiest month. We usually receive large orders from Fiji and Samoa.

“ Strangely enough,” added the merchant, “ February is . also our busiest period for New Zealand orders. Perhaps it is because the school holidays are over and people are back in town, and there is a great deal of washing and cleaning. This activity is reflected in the soap business to an extent which anyone outside the trade could scarcely credit.”