NEW ZEALAND COMES FIRST

NZ Truth, Issue 1142, 20 October 1927, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND COMES FIRST

■wwnniiiiiumHnnunurtuuiiuinitinuiiiiiMiuuiMitiiiiHttHiituiuuMuiiniuiimtiuiuuiiuuiiHi intnnniDuimuiiniiuiiinniianiiiiuiiiiniiutiiiianiiiimnimiiii<iiiiiuniiHiiinni)iuiiuiiiuiiui AUE have purchased importec goods without a thought a* to whether similar goods are being manufactured in our country The New Zealand Made Prefer ence League has for some months past been striving to stir up in tht minds of the people of New Zealand a sentiment towards everything New Zealand. Self-preser-vation is the first law of Nature The more New Zealanders helv each other the more prosperous the country generally will be. This is a lesson that the display at the Pageant of Industry ir Wellington will convey to the peo; pie of the Dominion. The greater the production thc lower the cost of production wil" be. This is a gospel that all Ne-w

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Zealanders might well take tc r heart. Practice is essential, howl ever, if the country at large is tc - benefit. In eighty years and in an j incredibly short space of I time in the history of the nation, New Zealand has

miWHUwiiiiHtHmuunwi»mnuHiniitiiHnHiHHimiMMtuuNiiMHmiHitiii)iiiimiiimtuiiuiiiii>HHutiiiiin i| achieved a position of which 11 her citizens might well be ;| proud. || The more local industries we if possess the greater our own pros- || perity. This is a simple economic if truth, which New Zealand has || taken years to assimilate. New || Zealanders can make goods to | their own satisfaction. Why, | then should it be necessary to | buy from abroad those eommod.l ities which we are able to manu- ) facture at home? "New Zealand Goods for ) New Zealanders." That should be the motto of every New Zealander during the New Zealand Preference Shopping Week, commencing October 24.