MANUFACTURERS' POSITION
not ll i ni>n- y ALARM KIP’ j IJIIK !*i; KSS Special Service.] j \VISLINGTON, May 22. j The public, in viewing the position , which had arisen, should bear in mind that the restrictions were not imposed' primarily as a im v an> of protection of, local manufacturers. said Mr \V. HStevens, president of the Wellington Manufacturers’ Association, to-nn-ht. ■. Nevertheless that had been an indirect ri'sult, though in many cases the Jull : 100 per cent, restriction had caused, some embarrassment to manufacturers.; He wits conlident that manufacturers: need not be unduly alarmed. They , had done their utmost to meet the Government's wishes by stepping up production to meet the shortage caused bv import rf'strietions, and it was un-, thinkable that the Government would not, lake adequate steps at the earliest: opportunity to protect New Zealand , manufacturing industries from the unfair position they would be placed in bv a reversion to the system of tinrestricted importation of finished goods.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22717, 23 May 1939, Page 10
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