"GERMAN" GOODS.
TRICKS OF THE TRADE
SOME REVELATIONS
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) (Received May 29, B*3o a.m.) • SYDisEY, May 29.
Before the Tariff Commission a witnes stated that he made pianos m Sydney, but had to sell them as German instruments. He did so at the request of customers, and m order to meet competition. He used the n-jme plates of German .firms who had no local agents. Sometimes .the name or address of fictitious manufacturers was spelt slightly incorrectly, flf a buyer wanted Aus-tralian-made pianos they were sold as such. If he wanted a German piano they called it "German." Witness added that one , or two other retailers did similarly. Even English pianos were imported bearing German firms' name plateg.
A representative of a. leading music house said that if the practice existed it was to an infinitesimal extent, because the maker's agent would take immediate legal action to prevent it. .
Another witness quoted a case where the name plate of a well-known Australian maker was replaced by that of another, and the instrument was sold at a bigger price.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13393, 29 May 1914, Page 3
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