LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 7

LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

PROPOSED SPECIAL DISPLAY. ' ACTION BY' WELLINGTON SIIOP- -, •' KEEPERS. Tho.proposal to hold- a " local industries !'. •'••••, week ( ~ whon :shopkeepers will niako special efforts, to acquaint, tho. public with tho.morits of New Zealaiid-mado ,goods,'-' was discussed' -. • ■v. and approved''yesterday afternoon by tho ©xecutivo of . tho-. Wellington'• Shopkeepers' Association.'V.uThd"..members'- present wero , ■ i ,Messrs/: Herbert* Sea toii'(president), -.Norton) VirHifnter):Ros's,-: Millington,-- Oakes f . and. Inglis.'-Aif-'.apology' : :for' absenco : was recoivcd fromMr. F. H. Ellison':; 1 ,;::V-V- : : Vv ■:. • ■ Tho'. President : 'said' that. tho Canterbury . ; Industrial: Association! h'n'd/iwritten to tho : Wellington-' suggesting;"'tho'/sotting' ;hpart : ,'of, : :a v ;vtck '.?i; during ivliich a special effort should-.bb made ■ to'bring:local industries'prominently, before ' ' :tha"piiblic.- ::;Tho/iat&Sr :bbtly: had'-fayqurably, : received' tho • suggestion) '.;and ■ had . asked, tho, V..v-'-Bhopke^erS'?iAssMlatk)n :i t'o consider' what could vbe dono 111 tho way ot displays of ;'. .;:: ]ocallj^im!^ufacturcdvproducts .' in shop 51Y.'^;: J? Fi;fiVtlen, secretary ! ;of ; tho : .of ..tho ShojK' yO-■k^p.ers^v;iAs'^ia'tion\:-;;.ted ! T;yisit'«i^(Cbri^.' : . churoh,',:aAd> found that-.,tho .idea was being : - vigorously, taken, up air .that/.-city.-.' It.>washoped'. :that! tbor Government' would ' bo ■ in-' -duced;.tq'.graiit/special' fares: du :the.. railways n during '.tho'.local lndusfriesi week.:, It- seemed S thcro.. was/great. . Bcopo' for, such a .display.- In .almost every: trado ; there woro niamlfacturer's; competing/ .. jtho' : importfcd-.;articlei-' /.There isecined to Jjota feolmg among: the peoplq that tho localv articles i woro. not so-, good, as .tho foreigh-niadop/butV, liCii,thought, lliatv if -tho, :. matter, was wellr,taken .up and... a good dis- 1 . play-' .-inado; -.i the ■ result i would ■: bo v beneficial i both:,to manufacturers and-.shopkeepers. ?.To -,■'/ uapioVa few'of 'th'o particles' that: wero 'mami- • faaturcd- locally,.,thero wore woollen goods, i ,'/ •': ,'iindercloth- . • jng,~ boots, . candles, 7 , soap, ■printing,- '-card- I board,-' boxes, r .glass', leadlight . workj /machineryj'Mand •; hai^|^re',^i)>Qf<tle(l.i.fi^ita,'; ; jams,' • and,? m fact,' almost- everv ,trade„was- more ~. or less supplied/,with - goods f of-local manu- - facturo...:- Xt ionly.. remained- , for >:the -shop-" " keopora ,to - say .whether-- they :would co- ./■./ opera to/ scheme,/with tlio' m.anufac-'J turers. . Mr. - .Milhnatqn asked i whether . garments I jnado ,m ! Wellington ~-from .imported,' pieco i goods ' would be regarded as local.'-.ma'nufac-H . tures.■ •• • • I

.;•,' Tho .^President'..said. ,_a question ;-. ,would aviso in 'regaul to: boots mado 1 of imy:'\ leather, ; :;and;;;.niany other, - things, local Manufactures. ; ;; ' MrrfrMillington "tliou^htl'-the 'r.thing 1 ; should V : V , oil' lines,';' v.ehqh' shop-, : keeper.--h'a viiig'' Mine . particular: :lino>to' dis'play:-;; -'.;;.v!\V j : ■-.;■ I;!'' , ; ; .'-The: -President!held :that:;it:';ihust'.bo'iilefi /, tothd;;shopkeepers';to^ ■v ■tion/:J. Eacli vwpiild, ■ of, courso, /djsplay;,;the, lines'- he;;St<Mk^ r '.fpri'sale. ir-Tho.'"'Association- : , : te .-shqw:|;that; V : all ;theij articfes'flisplaywof '.: land;.'.mahufaqtiiro',Vy ; ■; Mr., .Millington', suggested: l that ', prizes :. ■ should; bo given/for tho • best display.:;</"; 1 , Tho "President favoured'' tho idea. ;" V :Mr. > Ross..moved" That/ the secre£aty ./ ;..-Vforw'ard;?a':6ircula'r] letter I t'o'i of. , *. ; .the Associationj shopkeepers ~who .their co-operation, mcmaking,- a .display .of; New./Zealand-mado. . gooils. from. Juno:.4.to Juno' 10.' this;Assolington Industrial Association of streamers, ;. 1' show-cards,-etc.', which'/will .be supplied' freo to. all shops ipartieipating." Tho mover said ; , that tho, best thing the: meeting could do was : its. '■ with • tho 'move- ■ ineut,- ."and appoint a- ; sub-committee, -'-to :: . . arr&go dbtailsy/ H6//was;.!iiidine(l 7-to :: j >-.s!'sho^^ad^displi^i^hi^^p!^;isu'tfw-in. ;.' «ff§gtiv.eiiess by.'' (through- -: 'j .tho :sity.l V/Ha-'-Vthoughtvit|«i^u'ld:.nte^ iilTv\theirS. productsl,'werb' amlj ■ i 'He : |Tundefs{ood': v Made-;.in caused'.GermajC'::;gpbds' '. to ■■•!■■■ grow. m.''pnblic, filvour.v-; : Tho motion "was earned 'unanimously!' ;n • '.i..' .Tho' Secretary-: (Mr.;H.^F. ! 'Allen)f ; said that: . at '.Christchurclis.jtlie; ; -inn.nufocturers. :'were' moro than -willing* bp; "supply ihb" shopkeepors >. , - "with; any ;goods .required, on said or return.. , He believed: . the Wellington .•manufacturers wouldido tho same,-ami a really surprising ; and- effective display could bo mado. ./He had :- ;;..:;':'yis.^^^a'ilargo;.';numl)er ; -'.pf,' ; 'ilqeaL ; .'-in , diis.tries7i ■;V'.-,v./an'd^he'i-:oould^ , say^thifc'many\' r ar^ • 'madoVinJ-New : ':Zealan'd;:bf which l .the-'public " - viwere j nbt / aware. ■ -Ho : meiitioned >, ;. as./exairiplcs.'.-tho , largo'■numbers' r l ;bfvd^ -i'rings; ga's'- mantles;/andfthe' I quantity l oD ;. . woollen'-! goods;'!' engirieeririg'.". ''aiid 1 - ,: lii -Wcllingtou.s ::,-: ■'■,;••-W^P^Vdtof^d.'.-Sbj'liAd',visited many . ".-\df Vthe;, 1 ieading;:;towns:.i;iri: :England : .and. America; and •ho knew oL no -town : m Englai\d that-had;such a-largo variety of manu- '■ : f actureaias; AV ollingfcbn,- 1 though j- he- admitted :. hero: werq;;oii a'coni- ', v ' para'tively ■ small 'scalelv ; Arid ydt,'people: said: New,;,. Zealand :>.w - as: not a manufacturing r country..K:.■ y X, I . It; was. also, rosolved':—That' the .Wel- „. ,i lingtonlndustrial Association bo asked, to . circuliiriso:.thq i :difforent.:irianufacturers > ,: ask-, ing:their : cq-operatibn in t-h'o' scheme,'-; and to obtain- 'a list ; of' goods which' : thd, said• rnariu- / ••• facturers : aro willing * to' -loan', on . salo or rctiirh.".... '