NEW ERA COMING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19979, 3 July 1939, Page 12

NEW ERA COMING

NATIONAL PRODUCTION MANUKA* TURING < JROWTR ;\I I NTSTER’S UR UDICTION (Spociiil to t ho Herald.) WAIROA, .this day. “I feel thait we can develop the manufadcuring resources of this wonderful country of ours until we reach a state of self-sufficiency far exceeding our expectations," stated the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, at the railway opening commemorative banquet on Saturday evening. Tire Minister stated, that there were (those who voiced the opinion of wliat he could only term an inferiority complex for want of a better name, because they argued that the manufacturing of the Dominion’s requirements should be left to overseas concerns, cla'ilming’ that overseas workers were more competent and batter fitted to do the job. This was surely an inferiority complex at its worst. Surely the people, •cradled in freedom and nurtured in ideal surroundings, housed in the most modern of factories, equipped with the latest machinery—surely lie couid gay, their own people had the ability, the initiative and the skill .to produce articles that for workmanship and quality would compare with anything similar produced anywhere in the world. Goods and Services From what lie bad seen, lie had no hesitation in paying tribute to the manufacturers and to the workers for what they were accomplishing, and be foil! sure that the great majority of New Zealanders would share his faith in their own people. “We are on the threshold of a new era,” concluded the Minister, “and as we approach our centennial we have cause for just pride in our achievements as a peop.e. I beiievv we will commence the second hundred years o>£ ordered settlement and progress well fitted to produce the goods and 1 services our people require, and well equipped to withstand the shocks from overseas depressions that otherwise might stagger us.

“We can build up a national economy that will ensure a rood standard of living for all our people, and we can be sure of this if each New Zealander gives his or her besjt to file job. Our national wealth is our national* production and with that thought in mind let us go ahead and fully develop New Zealand.”