MADE IN NEW ZEALAND

Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1924, Page 1

MADE IN NEW ZEALAND

Af{ K I,A M>. D,--. Prefer,-m ,- for 10, ally-manufavtured arli.-h. ' was d-all. with hy .Mr h • IIHurley, president of tlm Att'trnlinu'liiade Prelc-reuee l.ea-ite, in an address lo members of the Auckland Industrial As-e.eiatio.i. Mr I’ltrley said Hint tne ptejndiee : iill:-; llm 10, ally-made pro,ln, I !.a,l to he broken down. He s„._o;es!e,l that, a eampai-li should he stalled oil -imilar lines to that carried on in Australia, Sir Harold Reattchamp said that somethin,; should he done on the lines sii-oested hy Mr Rnrley. It was impoitaiit to em-oura-,- seeundary industries. llunt-o not. p. i liap-. to I lie same exteiil as in Australia, where liter,- had In ,-n complaints -I too —real a diilt from the country In the lar-e cities. Ihey had in New Zealand a very sympalheti, Minist-.-r in tin- lion D-wtiie Stewart, who was most anxious and in t ivo 1,, d i all that he could. The various exhihitions held in file country showed that New Zealand was able to manufacture the best -ones. Members of till- _ assoi-iatinil were unanimous in a-re, in- with the sentiment of Mr Rnrley. and several >u---ested that a vi-omus campa.-n tor preference to loeallv-made -nods shoithl lie lattnehed. . The president (Mr Alinin') said that the association's lorwar■d-inoveineut eommitt.ee had already considered n and althon-h it was in sympathy M'uh the movement, tlm committee tlnmitht that the time was not opportune Inr stnrtin- a camp-ai-n. The committee would, however, he dad to meet Mr RurU-y. and e,insult hit" on the mattci.