N.Z.-MADE GOODS.
ORIGIN OFTEN CONCEALED. A practice by many New Zealand manufacturers of avoiding stamping their goods with their Dominion origin was deplored by the Secretary for Industries and Commerce (Mr J. W. Collins) when addressing the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association, last night. "I am surprised," he said, "at the unwarranted but undoubted prejudice of the manufacturer against marking liis product as New Zealand-made. Many industrialists seem to feel bound to conceal the origin of local goods and will not put their names on, because of some whim on the part of the retailer or the public. "So long as I am Secretary for Industries and Commerce I shall be proud to have the privilege of assisting New Zealand-made goods. Yet I can assure you that manufacturers from Auckland to Dunedin are putting goods of outstanding quality on the market with names calculated to conceal their New Zealand origin."
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19112, 22 September 1927, Page 8
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