SHOES ARE MADE IN N.Z.

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 880, 25 January 1930, Page 7

SHOES ARE MADE IN N.Z.

BUY “PATRIATA” AND HELP SOLVE UNEMPLOYMENT

Notwithstanding the large amount of unemployment in the country, part of which is, of course, in the boot and ■shoa trade, New Zealanders still go on buying imported shoes. In fact, official figures show that for a year or two past no less than £125,000 worth of overseas shoes are bought each month—£l,ooo,ooo a year. These staggering figures mean that that amount of money is lost to the boot factories of New Zealand, that they are able to spend so much less in buying New Zealand leathers and in providing work fur so many fewer beys and girls There are hundreds of ( boys and gir’.3 who left school last December not jet with permanent jobs. If their fathers and relatives had demanded New Zealand-made boots and shoes there would have been so many more openings for these bright young people in the boot business. A»d it is not ihat anyone can say that New Zealand-mad© shoes arc any v.orse. As a matter of actual fact they ar « better than imported lines in wear and appearance. The products of the Well-known Auckland factory of G. A. toles and Co., Ltd., the famous ratriata” shoes, are stylish, are made specially for New Zealanders, and are strong and capable of any amount of »oo(i. honest wear. What else can * n hoots or shoes. Added to that, you know’ that in v. “Patriata” you are helping fora worthy New Zealand industry. u >‘ ‘‘Patriata” and be satisfied.