NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRY.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14984, 3 June 1914, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRY.

~. .;, -t— -—: • , -.- A NATIONAL BOARD WANTED. >

(spsxui to ■■_*__- miss.") . WEI_LLNGTON, June 2. A most'important move, which '(_aj_ the "Evening Post') .has as its objec- . tne fostering '. of ■ local indus_ries througnout tne whole of New Zealand, is at>present.afoot.. The sctieme is tno imineaiate' outcome of tne recent conterehco between 7 the employers and employees .in- the ■ booD-uiaxiu/acturnig traue,' regardihg the deplorable ihteruuttency of einpldytuenc existing :in tne trade, and. largeiy due to the wholesale importation of ; footwear manufactured in other • parts of the world. After thb conlerence, Mr J. A. Frostick, president ot tne Boot-Manu-facturers' Federation, conferred, with the executivte of the Employees' Federation," and it was decided- to initiate a campaign witn. a view to obtaining the support of the public, not only as far as the boot-manufacturing trade yas concerned, but also in. regard to other industries which are 'languishing because of outside importations. In furtherance of this.plah it was resolved to invite the employers' and employees representatives in the trades affected to confer in the different centres, and then later, if necessary, to hold a united conference ' representing New Zealand as a whole, to see what steps should be taken to achieve the end aimed at."

Mr CI R. Whiting, of Christchureh, general secretary' of the Mew Zealand Federated Bpo|'Trade Union of Work ers, is at present in the North Island. In connexion with the proposal Mr Whiting states that his mission is to obtain a national brand for articles of New Zealand manufacture that are affected by importations, and he hopes to assist in creating a national movement that will go a lonK way towards fostering local industries.