OUSTING THE GERMAN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11508, 2 October 1915, Page 6

OUSTING THE GERMAN.

jggOjT OF BRITISH BOARD OF mm' trade. pQtfe-" of"the most active .sections of Bjrfflntish Board of Trade at present rage Foregu Samples Section, whose Ety. it is to ooJlect samples of Gerikji J or-Austrian manufactured goody prntyevefy hole and corner of. the showing them to British inairuf'and bringing them into Imp&with buyers who formerly bought, Germany or Austria. The first "meetings was held on Sepimbea* 23 and 24 last year, and ever Ti%& meetings have been held almost rfefcy fortnight. r -following trades have been dealt jflcjfi—Toys, glass, china and earthenfaiictyi goods, cutlery, electroSWwand clocks, enamelled, aluminand brushware, jewellery and if&stlashery. £o3a&' number •of samples shown at meetings was jiist short of MipGl The samples were obtained oil &zf from importing houses and wholele dealers. Each meeting lasted two Lys, and manufacturers, Avholesale ivgrsi importers and .shippers to overwere invited to attend. It frcertained, as a result of Ibese meetings, that thorp art? prosjects of British manufacturers displacjig German articles in a number of jjises. t 11 Arrangements have been or are beHg made to- hold exchango meetings jh th||follo«'ing trades: Electrical aetas ot|es and apparatus, cotton goods jjprin||d and dyed), stationery and irintifjg; and it is also proposed to sal similarly with the trades in liardraTe#tnd tools. Arrangements have Bso &en completed lor an exhibition |f E&jsh furniture, suitable for export, jaore particularly with tho object H displacing the Austrian bentwood |urnit|re. I "Another branch of this section lias Seen lealing with the samples of German spd Austrian goods received from aversea markets in response to the prculir issued after the outbreak of |ar to Consuls and Trade Comnrssiontrs. Samples have been received from |outh : Africa, Canada. Australia, New lealajfd, Ceylon, Fiji Islands, Eergiruda,,'. Straits Settlements, West Af§ca, Zanzibar, West Indies, India, ISwtujgal, South America, Turkish LcFrance. The .samples"'so Reived number 1242. These have pen catalogued, labelled, and set out Iff ils}pection;"