BARGAIN SALE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17947, 26 November 1932, Page 2

BARGAIN SALE

GOODS FORFEITED IN BOND PARIS PROCKS AT 7/- EACH SYDNEY, Nov. 16. Bargains were to bo obtained at an auction sale conducted under instruc. tions from the Customs Department yesterday. Paris model frocks at 7s each; 46. dozen women’s cotton underwear for £2 10s; 247 dozen pairs of women’s gloves for £SO; 15-year-old wine lor 5s a dozen bottles; marine motor engines at from £2O to £3O each—these were a few of tho bargains. As in most “bargains,” where tilings are seemingly “dirt cheap,” there was a catch in this sale. The frocks, for instance, were three years old —-and Paris models three years old would be dear at 7s, most women would say. In addition, they, as well as all the other articles sold, would have to pay heavy duties, which would take the gilt off these gingerbread bargains. As a met, most of the women’s apparel will find its way to the South Sea Islands to bedeck the native belles. The fact that duties had to be paid was the reason for the sale. The goods offered at- auction had been in bond for three years or more. Increased tariff duties, prohibitions, and depression had combined to bring about a condition ol affairs in which many importers had found it impossible to free the goods from bond, and tho quantity offered by the Customs was much larger than at such sales in previous years. It will take several days to dispose of the whole quantity.