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Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1928, Page 2

N::yr week, largely at the instigation >1 ilu- British Women’s Patriotic League. is to he Empire Shopping Week. Many centres are preparin'' for the event on an elaborate scale and there will he special displays to attract I lie notice of the public. Empire Day fails next Thursday, heme (lie fixing of the week round about , o notable a date. When Mrs .'mere was here, in sbnio of the addresses Ihe lady gave to women’s organisations, stimulating speeches were made on the subject in keeping with the object of her husband’s larger mission, and ns an upshot, the project has been taken up very cordially in No /ealand generally. The movement was inaugurated at Home some .six years ago, and has since been extending wiih much success, throughout Britain and the Overseas Dominions. Us purpose of course, is the development ol reciprocal trade between the constituent parts of the British Empire. Trading within the Empire is a very worthy ambition, and with the special reminder connected with next week, no doubt- buyers of goads of all descriptions will be disposed to seek for British manufactured articles. Tn that regard, of course, we must not overlook the New Zealand manufactures There are now many secondary industries in | In- Dominion turning out goads of all descripions of a high class quality, and it is 'in the very best interests of trade- and employment within our own country to patronise ta the greatest extent the products of local industries. The purchase of Homo made goods should also have a promin--ent part in our trading, lecau.se Great Britain is the best customer in the world for Dominion produce. A great volume of direct trading is carried on between England and New Zealand, and the importance and intimacy of this business assists no doubt in maintaining tlie credit of the Dominion in such high favour at Home. Next week's .shopping would therefore he a matter* of special preference to British manufacturers wherever situated, and the result should he of manifestbenefit, to the Empire.