SOUTH AFRICA
EXPANSION OF INDUSTRY'. REMARKABLE GROWTH. (By Telegraph.- Press Assn.---Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Gallic Association. I CAPETOWN. June 14. (Received June 15, 5.15 p.m.) Speaking at the annual congress of the Federated Chamber of Industries, the Minister of Minos called attention in the remarkable growth of industries in the last five years. The output of manufactured goods was now valued at £01,009,000, consuming £34,000,000 worth of raw materials, of which 53 i>er cent, was of South African origin. Key industries were being developed rapidly. On the question of Sta'e assistanee, he did not think the State should undertake to run industries. Assistance should only be given to industries for national purposes, and not to those conductni in private interests. He announced the appointment of an industrial advisor to the Government in the person of Dr Van dor Berg, a South African with considerable United States experience.
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Southland Times, Issue 18850, 16 June 1920, Page 5
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147SOUTH AFRICA Southland Times, Issue 18850, 16 June 1920, Page 5
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