OUR INDUSTRIES.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1925, Page 4

OUR INDUSTRIES.

s'n:\i r lts oi<- cheap power. WfI.hLNGTOX, April 28. The secondary industries of New Zealand are milking steady, if not pin-, in iiicna! progress. A statistical rcvicev i-- made of lhcm ;i 11 ;. mi I!y hy tin- Gov(>i nmeut Statistician who shows in his hi test ret I'ri lint the nund er cf faeImy i-'Uihli-.litiifiiU. in-,hiding men I *in-ks and dairy factories, is -1-161. an iir rea-e . i It’;] over the previous Tear. The hi tier comparison is that of employees. ]i -1 numher (>".!• I-". The in- • reuse cl d'.'B7 V with tin- exi i'| tina cf snwmd'iiug (7iG>i. engineering (.102). .in-1 printing Gllifi). fairly evenly <list I'ihr.l - d. and the figures prove that the llaxmilling industry has returned in ii- normal activity after ;t severe depression. The output from New Zealand lae- | t: l ies .shews an imprt - ive total value I f marly 77 million sterling, hut the inclusion of such exported products as men and dairy i reduce makes the figures xiim-what imreliahle as a. guide > . the lval consumption of New Zeali:ud made g"..ds in the Dominion. 'li e value u tin- product* of the secondary industries showed an increase last year <:i' C 3.1-12.000. the most iio-•,i-i-:dd" Icing meat free/eng and preserving Cdß! ,:’>77. and .sawmilling J3.1.V2.101. There were decreases in iho value of ouip-uts from dairy factories (£2-VI .:«M i. h rev.iiig (£1 tiO.OSlf). end hseet and shoe factories (£BG.B6S). DISTItI IIfTION Hr IN' IH'KTIII l-'.S The progress of C'anterliury as a numufaeiuriug area is evident irom the comparative returns over a period y.-ai-s. This follows ihe provision of cheap electrical power. Its a 1 so nee in tlu- past, says the Government Siatisti'ian. hrs liandicarp-'d New Zealand industries, hut this is h- in.j ovi-nohie hy the development of hydro-electric p for ee hu ll lie 1>- mini- n U gt ograpi 11 aMideal. I hi.ugh steam p }Wt-r slionv an increase, it is wholle accollnl i'll for hy the oh-i Ilea! • atilig plants ill Auckland ir-.-im--. and flic ico’if indicates a r“.i! lulling mt in tic- us.- < f si. mil iu N-". Z-aland factories. The distribution • I the ■ ->imt rv’s industries is shewn leai ly hy the fallowing particulars regarding each

~! x,.,v /calami wool in the country ..HI a S omc satisf.tetion from the fact that the No AvZcidand mills lasi voai worked up -"..810.(11)0 H-s of scoured Wool, valued at £C,07.018.

( hit;ml Viilui’. A in- ! J;ni'l AV-W £20.701.00) TiM-i'.n:iUi .. •>.150 1.079.00!) II' ' i;:i> i.nn a. osi .ooo WVIliiuti <’ii ... 1 |!):i 10.380.000 :,h<) .181.783 X •! . :> ... 1.330 1.07G.000 -f 1; i n <! i 820.577 ... 13.031. 13.-100.000 n .on 0.053.000 o'n'.iilihinil ... 3.'ii7 3.275.000 TIiom' "'ll.. .■ i\o!k!ii'_r up