A MESSAGE TO WOMEN

Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1927, Page 4

A MESSAGE TO WOMEN

THINK AND BUY lAT I’EB I ALLY. AUCKLAND, Nov.. 22. An ambassadress of Empire, vivid, flour cut, remains the impression left by -an interview with Airs Amcrv. She is tin ambassadress in iho fullest sense of the term, bringing to the women of New Zealand a. message no less vitally important than that which the Secretary of State brings for the Dominions. The message is one to which every woman should give heed, ft is to think Imperially, to strengthen by every means within your power the bonds that unite the great commonwealth of British nations.

To the question, “Arc the women of England taking any real and active interest- in the matter of imperial (o-operation ?’’ Mrs Amery gave a, quick and emphatic reply. “Yes, undoubtedly they are,’’ she said. “The work of the Empire Marketing Board is receiving the wholehearted support ol women all through the country. Women are now thinking Imperially and buying Imperially, and this is true not only of women of one class, but also of every class. The Marketing Board lias done splendid propaganda work, and not only the big London stores, but even the little grocery shops in the country districts arc now making -a feature of the sale of Empire ’ trends. The Board has created a demand for loodstalls produced within the Empire, and housewives are saying. ‘why should 1 buy canned fruit from California- or butter from Denmark when [ can get them from Australia and New Zealand.’ It is the housewife who puts the ideal of Imperial trading into actual practice, and I think every woman in Ne*v Zeeland would be interested to know hew mull women in England are doing mtivr'v t ; help on the principle o! trade within the Empire. “One thing that this tour lias impressed upon me greatly,’’ continued Mrs Amery. “is the sense of unity, of our all L'■longing to one family. 1 felt it in Africa and again in Australia. and I knew it L going to l.e just the same here in New Zealand. There is really no feeling of strangeness at all. We seem to be among friends alt the while, and it has made our tour of each country a delight."