"DUMPING" OF BOOTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 220, 14 September 1923, Page 4

"DUMPING" OF BOOTS.

LOCAL PRODUCTS UNDERSOLD. Speaking on the question of the im , portat.on of boots and shoes into the Dominion Mr. C J. Ward stated at Wellington that the boots which were beine sold so cheaply in England to-day were not only made of German leather but trench leather as well. They were afterseasons goods, and that accounted for the low price at which they were sold There were, he added, about'23oo" people engaged ,11 the industry in New Zealand a remark which evoked the reply from ] Mr. Watkins that the undeSng™ imported boots would have a seHo,,, effect on the local industry ' Mr. Ward added that many thousands ' of pairs were coming i„t o the country at less cost than the materia! of which ; they were made In America there were , often large surpluses, and they had little ' difficulty in evading the anti-d„ mp "'g ] i

"Which do you consider the most ( profitable lamb for a farmer to pro dure? was a question asked Mr n ' Jones chairman of the Meat Hoard, at c Methven reports the "4*1.1 V•• 1.-uai-dia,,",. The reply' „,' *£«*>» ; most profitable carcase to cath fi prune grade was that which went t' < nearest to 421b without g oin a g * *,0 1 next grade. He was of _£, "1° th ° that this country sends aw£ . & ,n "» « many carcases under 3Ulb Weight x The family dispute, in which v 1 , ' Allen applied to have her right' in ownership of the Mangawhare So T Dargaville, came to a sudden , ° ot el, at the Supreme Court y^ter^ o^ o " I noon. After consultation thl ' ''^ agreed to settle, and this f a ,.,T . parties > veyed to his Honor. Mr. T^'V' 0 "' ' mau, the case was struck out! ** crtl " - i'