NEW ZEALAND GOODS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20739, 24 February 1939, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND GOODS

SUPPLIES FOR TRADERS i i MINISTER URGES PATIENCE i 'Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Thursday An appeal to traders and manufacturers to give New Zealand factories reasonable time to produce and deliver goods was mode by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, in a statement issued today. The Minister said that by custom and through necessity it had been and still was the practice for wholej salers, retailers and even domestic 1 manufacturers themselves to allow a : considerable time for delivery when i placing orders foi' goods of all kinds that were to come from overseas, i When these same traders and manufacturers placed orders in New Zealand j they appealed to expect that their requirements should be waiting on the shelves of the local factory and that they should be available without any delay whatever. “I ask such buyers, is this fair and reasonable?" Mr Sullivan continued. "If trade is not to be seriously interrupted by the change-over from certain imports to the use of goods pro- . duced in the Dominion, reasonable time must be given to our domestic factories to produce and deliver orders. J have been advised that some retailers are already realising their duty in this respect and are helping by ordering I locally on an indent basis."