CAPTURING GERMAN TRADE.
The blank in the following extract from a letter from a New Zealand soldier in London refers to a young lady who is a Dunodinite:—" has now quite a responsible and well-paid position, being head woman of the Lord Roberts toy-making factory for maimed soldiers. The original toy-making scheme that she was in was bought out by the Lord, Roberts Fund people, and the original staff retained. Ihey have £85,000 behind them, and the works are being enlarged every day, and branches are to be opened in most of the largo towns of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Many other manufacturers have started making toys, trying to capture the trade from Germany. It requires a considerable outlay of capital and the construction of very expensive machinery. Many of the little toys that we have been in the habit of buying require very complicated machines to make them, and the toys have to be turned out in enormous quantities so that they can do sold cheaply. Fortunately 's factory have this capital behind them, and so are on a firm footing. They will be quite (satisfied with only a small profit this year, and are at present working long hours to get enough toys made for the Christinas season."
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Otago Witness, Issue 3227, 19 January 1916, Page 54
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210CAPTURING GERMAN TRADE. Otago Witness, Issue 3227, 19 January 1916, Page 54
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