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Show oo TYPEWRITERS IN LONDON EXPENSIVE LONDON. March 31 (Mail.) Typewriters are almost as expensive in London as small automobiles Owing Ow-ing to the restrictions on importation and the enormous demand due to increased in-creased clerical work in government departments, the prices of all available machines have more than doubled. New machines, If they are to be had at all, are worth from $4ou lo $600 Re-1 Re-1 modelled machines which before the I war sold at about $40. now fetch from $150-to ?200. Second-hand machine; tin good condition have been sold re-cently re-cently for $50 to $100 more than thoy j cost when new. |