NEW ZEALAND GOODS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 173, 24 July 1930, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND GOODS.

At the Avondale Town Hall on Wednesday evening Miss E. Melville gave an address, wider the auspices of the Avondale Women's Club, on the question of civinc preference to New Zealand-made aoods\ Her address was followed with a series of lantern slides, which emphasised the splendid conditions _ under which our workers are employed in comparison with the workers of other parts of the world. Miss Melville attributed unemployment solely to the apathy of the New Zealand women who bought overseas goods. She said that women spent 85 per cent of the Dominion's wages, and her appeals were made to them. Patriotism, like charity, should begin at home, and they must give preference to New 'i Zealand-made goods wherever possible. If women could not buy New Zealand goods then preference must be given to Empire goods. She astonished the women present when she stated that £45,000 left this country last year to buy jams, pickles and sauces, while New Zealand girls could not get work. Most of the money went to America, which would not buy our goods. Miss Melville was given a very hearty vote of thanks.