ENGINEERING SUPPLIES FROM BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1916, Page 5

ENGINEERING SUPPLIES FROM BRITAIN.

PERMITS TO IMPORT TO BE 6TRICTLY REGULATED. Auckland, Nov. 1. A statement in regard to the permits now being secured by certain New Zealand importers for the manufacture in t!ie United Kingdom of engineering supplies was made this evening by the Hon. Arthur .Myers. "The great majority of the applications for these permits that have been made to me to date," said Mr. Myers, "have been, on the whole, of a reasonable nature. I have forwarded those that have been favourably considered to the High Commissioner, who, I think, will be able to take action in regard to them with every prospect of success. Members of the commercial community, however, will readily realise that I have a somewhat responsible duty to discharge in these matters, for when we make a. report for tdie execution of orders for the maintenance of our primary industries, and means of transport for the same, it is often tantamount to requesting the Ministry of Munitions in the Old Country to make a break in the production of military supplies which they themselves require, in order to manufacture something for our needs. In view of this fact, 1 am not disposed to give encouragement to applications from importers for the issue of these permits, unless I am satisfied that the goods specified are unobtainable in the Dominion, and that they are of sucli a nature as to be essential to our urgent requirements*