INDUSTRIES WEEK

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18205, 16 October 1924, Page 10

INDUSTRIES WEEK

PARADE OF TRADE EXHIBITS. Ti.e i>roL-fs?Lon of lorries which made i'.s «-;iy through the city ycstenlny morning and afternoon did a {Trent deal towards directing public attention to the tact that this week the Canterbury Industrial Association is making its annual "Industry Week" effort on behalf of Xe-,v Zealand manufactures. The procession assembled at the corner of Mcovhouse avenue and Madras street at 10.30 a.m.. Mr H. Sweeney acting as marshal, and when it moved off it comprised some twenty-three lorries, all bearing eshil.it? of local manufactures and posters advising the public to buy New Zealand-made goods. At the head of the procession was a large lorry bearing a huge poster-picture, in which a strong appeal was made to the public to purchase New Zealand goods in order to avoid uneinplovnient in the ranks ot the Dominion's workers. This display bore the title of the Canterbury Industrial Association. Following _it came the trade displays, representing printing, woollen goods, iron mnaufaetures, brush ware, bricks, butter, boot and shoe industry, timber and furniture, ropes and twine's, leather, biscuits and confectionery, and others. After leaving Moorhoiise avenue, the procession followed the following route:—North along Manchester street to Clock Tower, north-west along High street, though Cathedral square, west side of the tram shelter; north along Colombo street; east along Armagh street to East Eelt; south along East Belt to Tuain street; along Tuam street to Durham street; south to St. Asaph street; along St. Asaph street to Lincoln road; south-west along Lincoln road to West Christchureh School. At the West Christchureh School, before the arrival of the procession, Mr H. E. Best, president of the Industrial Association, addressed the pupils. He said that he wanted to bring Industries Week under the children's notice because they would soon be leaving school and entering the business world, and the more New Zealand industries were stimulated the better would be the opportunities for the children. Large quantities of imported goods were coming into the country in the way of clothing, sweets, pickles, brushware, and machinery, all _ of which could be made in New Zealand and would be more suitable to New Zealand conditions, inasmuch as they were made for New Zealand requirements by people who lived in the land and knew what it required. Generally speaking, NewZealand goods were better in quality than imported articles. He did not want them to get the idea that he was hostile to the Mother Country, but just as charity begins at home, so in supporting New Zealand industries they were helping themselves. He could give them a little idea of the conditions at Home of which they knew nothing, but he wanted them to grow up in a happier country. They could make New Zealand a better country by being faithful to the goods manufactured in it. Mr Best concluded by telling the scholars he wanted them to notice carefully what was in the exhibition that day,, as the Association were offering prizes for essays on the lessons to be learned from New Zealand Industries Week. At East Christchureh School, in. the afternoon, Mr W. .J. Jenkih addressed the pupils on similar lines. The procession reassembled at 1.30 p.m. in Gloucester street, near the East Belt, and proceeded west along Gloucester Btreet to East Christchureh School, and then to Manchester street; north along Manchester street to Peterborough street; west along Peterborough street to Victoria street; Victoria street to Victoria square. Upon arrival at Victoria square the lorries were drawn up • alongside the kerb in the vicinity of the band rotunda site, and many people took the opportunity to inspect the trade displays. Posters were displayed on the rotunda and above the lawn, and a further attraction was supplied by Derry's Band, which played on the rotunda during the afternoon. The procession will be held again today, and in the morning Mr Best will address the pupils of the Normal School. Mr Jenkin will speak at Phillipstown School in the afternoon. To-morrow another procession will be held, concluding in the evening at Victoria square, which will be specially illuminated. The following was the order of yesterday's procession:—Canterbury Industrial Association's lorry, Glenmore Brick and Tile Company's display, Kiwi Dairy Company sign display, Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd., display of windmills, pumps, a concrete mixer, and other iron work; boot industry's diar play, with a large golden shoe on top; Christchureh Press Co.', Ltd., printing display, and reproductions of paintings taken from the "Weekly Press" Christmas number j Win. Goss, Ltd., lorry full of large pinus insignis logs; Archbold, Ltd., display of furnituro on a lorry and trailer. The lorry contained a number of pupils of the Christchurch Technical College shown at work engaged in the manufacture of articles for the home; Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Co., iitd., an exhibition of woollen goods, rugs, tweeds, etc.; A. and T. Burt, Ltd., copper cylinders; Bunting and Co., exhibit of brushware; T. Crompton and Sons, metal coppers and boilers, and plumbers' requisites; Canterbury Trades and Labour Council, a lorry display urging the public to buy New Zealand-made goods; T. Edmonds and Son, exhibit of baking powder; Andrews and "Heaven; a, seed-cieaning machine, a small chaff-cutter, a saw and bench, and a, crusher for limestone or shells; Dainties, Ltd., sweets and bUcuits; Maddren Bros., ropes, twines, and flax; New Zealand Lace and Web Co., spring chairs and couches; Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., printing display; AulseBrook's, Ltd., display of biscuits, cocoa, and sweets. The rear portion of the lorry was arranged after the style of a sweets shop in the centre of which was a- young lady in the role of a shop assistant; Frank Woods and Co., baskets and seagraaa furniture; Zealandia Soap, Candle and Trading Co.; Woolston Tenneries, display of hides and leather and other of the firms manufactures.