The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY,DECEMBER 1,1915 LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 December 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY,DECEMBER 1,1915 LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

i'cople with money lor investment might consider with advantage the ;idvisabjoness oi establishing some jiuljbtry in Levin or its vicinity. The town is ivcJi suited for such adventure: pro vided as Levin is with direct railway communication to aJI parts of the North island, high pressure water supply, and. municipal gasworks. i'rouble about obtaining labour would be ii factor ii. deterring venturer in certain industries, but there are others, wherein girl iauour mid woman labour supply the main need, that would bo better fitted to operate in these tunes than they wei'e in the normal days; for there is apparent in New Zealand to-day a greater disposition than ordinary, amongst women, to undertake trade woris. And trade conditions are brisk. Some clothing manufacturers, to taJce one oast), are unable to moot fully the ciby demande, and the woollen mills are intimating to retail traders that ere Jong it will be impossible to supply blankets and certain other woollen uanufactures to private nrme, in consequence of the great demand for thesa manufactures, in Now Zealand, for the British War Office, as well as the looat Defence Department. Jhe boot making industry is another avenue of tradio that has received a decided fillip from the war demand. A few months ago an Australian boot factory received--from Russia—an order for Army boots to the vaJue of many hundreds ol thousands of pounds sterling. Other big orders from ii'broad" have been placed in Australasia, and in addition to t!he*2 the local demand has ueon increaae.l greatly through tßb liliing of order* for equipment of New Zealand and; Australian soldiers. These trades ar* but •two amongst several others that are aha ring in a phenomenal prosperity that seems likely to iaet for a few years, and the prospect remains tihat any new business that establishes itself firmly in the present times of abnormal demand will bo able to run profitably when normal times recur—by reason of being Trell-baeed, and backed by the niore-than-averaige profite to be made at present. Even when tho .war comes to an end there will be wastages to fall in tho various avenues of the world's peaceful and warlike activities, and ioik Btill will need to buy boots and clothm'g, whatever anoy be the easo in regard to luxuries,