LOCAL INDUSTRY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 March 1939, Page 9

LOCAL INDUSTRY

MR SAVAGE VISITS FACTORIES. EXPANSION PROGRAMME. (By Telegraph—Press Association ) AUCKLAND, March 24. Concluding a three-day programme of visits to Auckland factories, as part of his campaign for stimulating local industry, the Prime Minister, Mr Savage, was today- shown over four premises where a wide'variety of articles are made. He was accompanied by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr Sullivan, members of Parliament, and departmental representatives, officers of the Auckland Manufacturers’ Association, and others. Brief addresses wbre given by Mr Savage to the assembled staffs at each of the four factories visited.

The Prime Minister was accorded a most enthusiastic reception wherever he went, being cheered and surrounded by men and women eager to shake hands.

“We want to see New Zealand expand, and the only way to do that is to expand in the workshop,” Mr Savage said. “This Government has set out plans for building a nation in New Zealand and expanding industry.” ... Though some people ridiculed the scheme,'Mr Savage said, he was confident people in industry were behind it. The Government wanted to see expanding production and expanding incomes, and those who wanted to help him. the Government and the whole country would do more than ever before. They could take his word for it that their incomes would be greater than ever before, and their conditions of labour better.

“In New Zealand you will see some of the best products turned out on the earth’s surface anywhere,” Mr Savage said.