An Original Note

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 52, 10 July 1931, Page 9

An Original Note

HE Manufacturers’ Association struck an original note in their plea for the purchase of New Zealand-made goods presented from 1YA on Thursday. The talk was on "Dress MaterialsLadies’ Costumes, etc." After a brief introduction, which was as original in thought as the later presentation, the speaker for the evening introduced tis to "Miss Auckland," and allowed us to overhear the dialogue which occurred during a personally conducted tour of a clothing factory. I enjoyed the explanation of the ever changing . fashions. Woman’s urge toward new fashions is attributed to the fact that dress is an expression of selfithat nature changes her dress, so why not woman? Maybe so! But the peach tree doesn’t take it into its head to wear almond blossom one spring and grow walnuts in the autumn. However, the \bsence of change in fashions would

contribute very largely to another depression, and would likewise augment the dullness of the world, so why quibble at the excuses raised on its behalf? I am not sure that the speaker’s note of pride in stating that all sizes, not excepting those ruling in New Zealand, were now ably catered for by local factories, was quite tactful. In all innocence, I ask what there is so peculiar about our sizes to make their satisfaction the justification for a note of jubilation on the part of our manufacturers? However, that we can cater for all tastes is good hearing; in fact, as "Miss Atckland" so aptly remarked at the conclusion of her tour: "Well, that’s that."