RUSSIAN EXPORTS
MATCHES IMPORTED. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, August 5. The steamer Matakana, which arrived in Wellington from London tins week included in her cargo a consignment of 300 cases of Russian matches. The consignees are the Russo Export Agency, of Sydney. The matches were shipped to Wellington, having been consigned to order. There are fifty gross in each case, so that it means that there have been landed in Wellington 1,500,000 gross.
It is stated that a similar shipment has been made to Auckland.
A Wellington merchant stated that this new development will receive the serious consideration ol the Government. It was, he said, the intention of one well-known firm to start the manufacture of safety matches in New Zealand, which would be a means of creating work for a number of unemployed. It was a possible likelihood that Russian competition might cause the company referred to to alter its views and not to start a factory. It might be well, lie added, tor the Government to adjust the customs duties to meet the situation.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1931, Page 6
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