GLASS BOTTLE INDUSTRY

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1923, Page 4

GLASS BOTTLE INDUSTRY

AYEIJ.INT;TON, duly ti

Five Ciiristclutreh linns have t !e----erapbeil t.; th" I’rini" Aliitister making the following, protest against the recent tariff ihange affecting glass lint ties and jar-: "We .strongly protest acaipst dgilv being iinprscd op Prili-b holDu , parti ularlv on dispensing b-’tt'u-. when vvr understand ilia' lli" New /eulaud Bottle Work’ will not he aid. t" make anv for a considerable time. Large orders are placed in England for lettered bottles which cannot he ranei lied and whii It could not arrive before December Pi. We .suggest that time should he extended until January I or that tin* duty should u- t he enforced at all. because freight- am! (barge;, averaging BO ter com. soon!" he quite enough protection without De 20 per cent, duly.” Wellington mamifai hirers arc also greatly concerned over the situation. They state that tho rise in price of imported jam jars liv the.-e new duties is estimated to amount to a Id or 1 PI per jar and there is nothing to show; that, with this duty., imported iurwill be any cheaper than ii mad" in New Zealand. They are at prr-sem imported from the United .Stales. Canada, and Australia. The quality of Roods from all sources of supply i- said to be good but tlu i etl'eot ol the recent Canadian competition in New Zealand is reported to have brought pru es |or Australian jars down R> per cent. In it few weeks it is expected that the price will advance when the Australian manufacturer has secured the advantage of the stih.-tantial protection mi goods made in New Zealand, fli any ease so far as the general public i-- ceticernod an extra charge of Id to 1 ,d mi each gla.-s jar seems to he inevitable. The price of protection will tints be pn-.-ed on. An indirect benefit, however. is the establishment of a new industry in Auckland, ultimately employing 2R:) men. an industry that i- expected to grow, and to supply all Now Zealand's needs in bottles and jars.