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OUR SECONDARY INDUSTRIES.

great overseas demand. Mr. Collins, secretary of the Department of Industries and Commerce, speaking at a reception to the Government delegation from the Public Service Stores Control Board, and Dominion Advisory Council of the British Empire Exhibition, who were inspecting the Dominion Industrial Exhibition at Christchurch, said he thought the Government delegates were in sympathy with Dominion industries, and would be doing their duty in buying Dominion manufactures if it was payable to do s °, of t'm Empire Exhibition Advisory Board were on a serious errand. They would have to interview various exhibitors, with a view to getting their co-operation. It was apparent to him that many of the secondary industries in New Zealand were at present unable to fulfil or(iprs owin J to lack of capital. The aim should be to get British investors interested in New Zealand industries. Many industries were incapable of fulfilling Dominion ortiers, let alone those from overseas. The woollen mills were incanoble of coping with the New Zealand demand, in many case.- New Zealand goods were not available, and buyers had to seek them on another market. For instance one mill received a United States order for 160.000 nigs and blankets and orders were so far behind that this order could not he accepted. Another mill had a straightout offer for the whole of its output at 10 per cent, increase on its current prices. That showed the value of the product. There was a great future for the secondary industries of the Dominion, and if these farts could be bi ought to the notice of investors of other countries, it would be of great benefit to 1 lie Dominion.

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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1922, Page 7

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OUR SECONDARY INDUSTRIES. Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1922, Page 7

OUR SECONDARY INDUSTRIES. Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1922, Page 7

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