TRADE BREVITIES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15212, 10 May 1920, Page 4

TRADE BREVITIES.

: LONDON, March S.—Brighter. colors rule m all spring . outfitting. > . •■ . * ■ Caps are more plentiful at three time-pre-war prices. '. Hats' are' still advancing m price. Trimmings especially are. scarce. , , f '; Americans. -have .'bought large quantitietfof stiaw-plait .and finished straw .hols. The rush of ex-soldiers into, business has 'led .- 16 , a shortage 1 of retail shops Everywhere. ...'■<-.' A ' •'■ ; ' •'•■.. ; .Welsh . tinplato exports aro mounting. There is a full year's business- in. sight. ! Swedish piano^makers complain that "-'German competition , is keener than ever." - . , ' ' ;'; Canadian farm; implements y have displaced German makes m Belgium, ' - G.erman wall-paper makers arc inundated with .orders for home and abroad. Prices have risen one-third. i Thore is a big, demand for motor trucks m Denmark at high prices:' German competition will: shortly, be •kocn. .:>■ Originating hi a. clock bought at the International Exhibition at Vienna in "1873 and copied- by a clever workman, Japan now has .19 _ factories m; Nagoya alone producing 75/ per cent';' of the 285,^45 clocks exported last year • (value ;_"140,572).;