BRITISH INDUSTRIES.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4585, 11 July 1923, Page 3

BRITISH INDUSTRIES.

DOMINIONS ABE CHIEF CUSTOMERS. The 1923 British Industries Fair is reported to be one of the most successful of the series. Discussing the sources of orders 'received, the Department of Overseas Trade says:— “ It is always a matter of considerable difficulty to trace the chief overseas sources of business, but it mav safely be said that the overseas British Empire was by far the best customer at the fair. Of the individual. Dominions, Canada probably placed the heaviest orders, particularly in cutlery and electroplate, leather goods; fancy goods, jfiusical instruments, and pottery. Australia, New Zealand,' and South Africa were also purchasing extensively in the same lines. Substantial orders in , mounted pottery and glass tableware came from .various Dominions, particularly Australia. India sent nrarly fifty buyers, whose activities were general rather than remarkable, to any particular trade or goup of'trades.’’

American files reveal a crescendo of anxiety about the'enormous toll of life taken ijn that country , by the motor. Statistics have • been prepared, to show that one person in 10,000 is killed each year, or, put differently, that one out, of every thousand motorists is sa homicide every twelve months; ty" Britain motoring is infinitely safer than in the United States.; This is undoubtedly, due to Jhe combined effect of simple regulations /sanely administered and: the consistent, propaganda of the Automobile Association. It Is. not due to any wonderful system of competency examinations for drivers, for no suiib tests.,have ever been, required. Tho British driver applies for and gets a i license, which ranks as merely an identification ticket. For the rest he must behave hlniself or go off the roads. In America,' on .the other hand, official examinations are compulsory, and, moreover, ( the ’ roads swarm with special police and other ‘'direct'’’ action’’/ instruments of the law. The police, for all their pug" nacity, fail tc maintain safety on the highways. FOB NURSING MOTHERS ' BEST LIGHT FOR NIGHTS. Night Lights are essential—'but choose carefully. Better than the sud.den glare of electric light or gas .is the mellow light of Golden Ray Candles. The soft Golden Ray brightness will not wake light sleepers or di.°’u»-b the children. The clear,, still flame cannot harm even an infant’s eyes. Golden Ray Candles are the ideal Nursing Night Light, burning without flare or splutter. Of superior quality, very hard, and most, economiical. If Golden Ray Candles are unobtainable from your grocer, apply to Auckland merchants for name of supplier.

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