WELLINGTON NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1925, Page 4

WELLINGTON NEWS

WOOLLEN EXPOUT ASSOCIATION

(Special to “Ouardjrji”.) WELEIXOTOX, September 11. Tlie depression tlmt is beino experi-, I'lui'd liv the woollen eoiupiinies in New Zealand Inis tempted ;i correspondent of ;i Wellington pnper to soonest Ihe formation oj an Export Association in order to create overseas markets for wollen and other New Zealand products. lie contends that New Zealand i- well equipped in many respects to ho an industrial connlry. We have t.,e raw material for all kind- of industries ripln tit our very door, and with the rapid development of hydro-elec-tric energy we will soon have all the power we require to place us in the way of hecominp a manulaet urinp community of some importance. We cannot hope with our limited home market to develop local industries to the same extent as Australia, let alone < auada. hut we should he able at least to do a- well its .South Africa, which with sidy a quarter of a million more of a while population is last (levelopi ii;t into .1 m:i nulaeltiiint' rountrv of so Tie eoitsequenee. To exploit foreign markets he silppests that those interested should form export associations on the lines of the American .Manufacturers' Association. I'ndcr this scheme cash manufaet urer provides a certain amount ol cumin] and will have representation on the hoard of the association. mi the interests oj each manufncluivr will he <ared for although llie association operates as a separate organisation. The individual mnnularturers all coni rail to supply mind- ol a certain standard and all up to a < ertain quality, so that t lie name of the association limy not Mill'd - Imm sellinp inferior poods. The correspondent thinks thal it should not he diflieiiH to form an exnort ttssoeiat ion with a ca;:it al of ‘.••111,1)1)11. by. say. ten woollen mills eonlri hut ino CoOtM each. I’linse conversant with the woollen trade in New Zealand would declare this to lie almost impossible iust now. I here are in all twelve woollen mills in the Do-

minion and most of them have had a wrel'-hcd trade experience. It would l.e a dillicult nialier to raise the necessary capital. However, it may he an ontjilishetl alter a w hile, and the object ol forniiup tie Association and providing it with capital is to enable it to commence operations in Vancouver io work the Western Canada market as we have a reciprocal tarilf with Canada. This reciprocal tarilf is a myth, it is Australia which has arranged such a tarilf. The lion. Dow me Stewart. .Minister for Custom.', was to have visited Canada for the purpose ol discussion such a tarilf Inti tile death of Mr Massey and the new political developments bronchi him lank io New Zealand from New York. It is a mistake to suppose that Canada will

eive any cneourapemciit to our wo dim manufactures. There i- a woollen industry in Canada and a certain amount of preasy wool is purchased in Australia and New Zealand for the Canadian mills. The woollen industry is a world

industry and an export trade is available to those countries which have the industry highly specialised and whose production costs are very low. 'I here is very little chance of New Zealand I ciuy; able to compete in this direction. An export association looks pood on patter, hut in practice it will lie found to he a lu-ilip preposition. .MOUTH ACE PESI.NESS. The mortjrayes registered ami ilisi harped durinp the twelve months eml- | ed .Fit),'il last show increases on the J (Cures of the previous year partieularj ly in respect ol discharge.-. The mot t- > o;io.s repist oied amounted Io C Id. 117,I!:ts compared with L'll dI T I'- l, an ltmrease of f I,!i|o, while the mnrteapes discharge,l totalled LA.M.7!. 17'., aettinst C-M.heS.o'.T, an increase of O.l.'ii;. 1 .; P ; . The exces.s of reni't rations ever disehitrpes this year amounted to while in the previous ye„ r the excess was 117 .20i!.!!.j I. Tim numher of niortpapcs registered dnrinp the year wtis l-T.f.’li-T. and the arerape :!illmllllL per tepislral ion works out at Cl Mo, In the preredinp year the repistratious numbered 11, I V'-i and the no-r----ape per repistration was Hull. The dis liarpes numbered ,Ti.s7d. and the avera.pe amount par disehnrpe was L'll-Th while in the previous year the divhnrpes numbered .‘to,>‘>7(l, and the averape amount L'Nlio. The lipnres (or the foui’ months of April-.lnly of the ctirreut tinancial year show that the mortpapes registered totalled 1 and (lie amount was L'l ".Ol’l. 12!). Of this amount t ll?.(i hl.H.'ilt was registered in the North Island and L" 1,.‘57 1.100 in the South Island. The repi- tra t ions in tk" Auckland district totalled L - -l,''.‘W.7P(i. and in the Wellington district L" l.dito. Ido. these two districts liciipip rcsi.o u-i hie lor more than halt the repist rttlions.