CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN BRITAIN
Shortage Of Toys Felt In London (Special Correspondent, N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, December 13. With Christmas so near shopping has become almost a treasure hunt. Most London shops put on a very good show. It was recently announced that 1,670,000 turkeys will be available for civilians, including 70,000 from South America, and the price per lb of drawn and trussed birds will average 4/2. There will be no crackers, but toys apparently are more plentiful this year, although dear, largely owing to the 100 per cent. tax. There has been a ramp in toys, and pieces of painted rough wood in imaginative shapes are sold at exorbitant prices. An instance of what- people will pay for toys was at a country auction where farmers bid from £8 to £24 for dolls’ prams. Belgium sent 40,000 toys, all tax free, for poor children. There is a big book boom, despite the paper shortage, and the majority of books are reported to have been sold as soon as published.
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Southland Times, Issue 25547, 15 December 1944, Page 5
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