“BUY BRITISH”

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 53, 26 November 1926, Page 17

“BUY BRITISH”

The steady sentiment of the primary producer to “Buy British” is indicated hv the following contribution from .‘Mrs. X'ew Zealand.” in the womens section of the current issue of “The Dairy Exporter”: “Last week I nlnile an excur non of sixty miles to the nearest town to do mv summer shopping. I saw ninny ■litrnctive and gnily pntterned materials which certainly appealed to the eye-, blit on closer examination I found them of foreign manufacture and roallv pom f n quality More goods and still more ’’oreign ninko 8o I said In the assistant‘Slion- me smnefbing made in H’o I-.m nire Then were brought forth oh. such ilnintv vet durable fabrics, with such delicate blending of colours, and such artistic designs. And at once I

in» power in Britain, consequently '’renter purchasing power for our own produce. Let us all rally round our Empire, and at the same time benefit ourcould picture the finished frocks, com plete with shady hat. and dainty shoes, nil for special wear and I lyiow that those fabrics would look superior to the last. So on my round of purchasing 1 demanded the British-made article, whether in women’s, men.'s or children’s needs. I was surprised and delighted with the quality, the make, nnd the ■ost—the latter being no greater than 'hat of the noorer foreign article. Now, do we women on the farm realise how much our ’.bopping means? A slogan worth keeping in mind is. .'District. Country, nnd Empire.’ Bv being lovnl Io British goods wo are being loyal to onr own farm produce, for loyalty to British goods creates a greater spendselves ”