SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. (TUTIZENS AND SETTLERSCITIZENS AND SETTLEKSWHY KEEP THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIES GOING TO, THE RUINATION OF OUR OWN WHEN MONEY IS REQUIRED FOR WAR LOANS, SHRINKING REVENUE, AND EM- . PLOYMENT? WE THINK THE TIME HAS ARRIVED TO RESUSCITATE DOMINION WHEAT-GROW-ING, ERE IT IS TOO LATE, BY PUTTING OUR PROTECTIVE DUTIES ON A PARITY WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ONES, WHICH HAVE MADE AUSTRALIA ONE OP THE GRANARIES OF THE WORLD, AT REASONABLE PRICES, AS UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IT- HAS ALWAYS HAD A SURPLUS, AND AMERICA IS BOOMING WHEAT-GROWING. WELL, WHAT IS NEW . ZEiLAND ' DOING? UNDER. NORMAL CONDITIONS, GRAIN CONTRIBUTES ABOUT THREE-FIFTHS OF • THE CANTERBURY RAILWAY REVENUE, WITHOUT MEN- , TIONING ITS NUMEROUS ADJUNCTS. IF GRAIN-GROWING IS KILLED, WHAT WOULD . MAKE GOOD THE RAILWAY AND LABOUR DEFICIENCIES, AS ON THE RAW MATERIAL THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO LABOUR HANDLINGS,. BUT NOT SO ON THE IMPORTED MANUFACTURED ARTICLES. ' JUST IMAGINE NORTH AND , SOUTH CANTERBURY AND NORTH OTAGO HUGE SHEEP RUNS, AND WOULD NOT THIS SERIOUS AND SHORT-SIGHT-ED INNOVATION AFFECT ' . LAND VALUES AND ALL KINDS OF LABOUR., AUGMENTED- WITH THE SHIP- ■ PING PORTS, LYTTELTON, , TIMARU, AND OAMARU. IN A ' STATE OF COLLAPSE? WITHOUT BRAN AND SHARPS, HOW WOULD OUR BACON, DAIRY, POULTRY, AND CARRYING INDUSTRIES EXIST IN THE EVENT OF AN AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT? IS IT BUSINESS-LIKE-TO SEND OUR MONEY TO AUSTRALIA FOR OUR FOOD SUPPLY WHEN IT IS SUBJECT , TO DROUGHTS, AND FOR WHAT WE CAN GROW IN ABUNDANCE IN THE JX-MIN' lONP-AS. ABOUT HALF THE VALUE IN ALL INSTANCES JS LABOUR AND RAILAGES, AND WITH OUR LADS RETURNING EMPLOYMENT. MUST BE FOUND FOR THEM, OTHERWISE THEY WILL GO ELSEWHERE, AND WE WILL BECOME OBSOLETE, THOUGH IN OUR INFANCY. . ' i P. VIRTUE, Manager, NORTHERN ROLLER MILLING CO., LIMITED,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 22, 21 October 1918, Page 4
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281Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 22, 21 October 1918, Page 4
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