METAL-WORKING INDUSTRY
•SCOPE IN'NEW ZEALAND. EVIDENCE BEFORE COMMISSION. (By Telegraph—Press Association I WELLINGTON, J-une 19. A joint case on behalf of the engineering and metal-working industries was presented to ithe tariff -commission to-day by Mr A. E. Handler, secretary, of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Association, who stated that most of the materials required were imported from Britain. It was -therefore suggested that Britain should continue to supply the materials in an unmanufactured state or semi-manufactured and that New Zealand should manufacture them ready for the market. This was the principle recommended by the Imperial economic committees on Imperial industrial co-operation. Mr Hander said that 36 firms were engaged in manufacturing tinned plate and sheet metal working. They employed 3920 workers who were receiving £719,704 in wages. The capital invested in the metal working industry was £937,850 and in engineering the sum was £1,928,873. The output last year-was £1,161,974.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 19 June 1933, Page 7
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148METAL-WORKING INDUSTRY Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 19 June 1933, Page 7
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