N. Hebrides Has No Matches
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Letter to the Editor A CURIOUS sidelight on the workings of Big Business was revealed here when the SS “Morinda” arrived re cently from Sydney with no matches for any of the local business firms.
It appears that the matches had to come from Melbourne and thus missed the steamer in Sydney. Matches are, of course, manufactured in Sydney—by the Federal Match Co.—but as this Group (the New Hebrides) comes within the area in which Bryant & May (Mel bourne) has a monopoly, matches could not be ordered from Sydney.
I suppose that the long-suffering popu lation of these islands should be thankful that the New Hebrides are not included in the sphere of influence of Timbuctu match manufacturers.
I am, etc.,
Matchless.
Vila. New Hebrides.
June 29. 1947.