DOMINION INDUSTRIES
SKILLED LABOUR NEEDED, "I was amazed when I discovered how many millions of pounds Ntw Zealand has sent out of her own country for the manufacture of her own primary products," Mr. T. E. Sedgwick, of London said in an address at Christchurch. "She first pays for production, pays for the manufacture, J<nd. finally, pays her own Customs duty on the goods. The position is amazing. New Zealand makes blankets—they are very comfortable ones and I wish we could get them in England—and boois and other goods, but she could do much more by bringing people out fvo>>t the Old Country to settle here. A South Island woollen mill had an offer from Canada for the whole of its output at 50 per cent, above present prices. Why could it not bring out I§o workers from the Old Country and increase its output?" k
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 521, 9 April 1920, Page 3
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146DOMINION INDUSTRIES Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 521, 9 April 1920, Page 3
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