“Damaged in Transit”
p. 74 · Read in the full issue
ONE of the biggest bugbears facing Islands res : dents who order goods from overseas is that of loose and insecure packing. Too often consignments arrive at outstations marked “damaged in transit.” Most big Sydney retail firms, however, are alive to the matter, and realise that packing is a most important item in con nection with Islands trade.
Messrs. Bebarfalds Ltd., of Sydney, who regu larly despatch furniture to every corner of Aus tralia, the Pacific Islands, and New Zealand, claim that by their efficient packing methods 95 per. cent, of their consignments arrive in perfect condition.
Writing to Messrs. Bebarfalds Ltd. last year.
Captain McLaren, of Matupi, Rabaul, New Guinea, said “I am very pleased to find that I have at last found a firm who know how to pack goods.
The furniture that I ordered from your firm arrived here in splendid condition. Some of my other stuff was badly knocked about, but the beds and the sewing machine opened up the same as though they were just lifted out of the store.