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___________ MRS LEE’S VISIT • * Mrs J. A. Lee arrived in Christchurch yesterday after her southern tour and attended several Democratic Soldier Labour Party meetings, giving brief speeches. She claimed that she was the first woman organiser of a national political organisation in New Zealand. ■ GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK For years the New Zealand public has been suffering from the effects of the import restrictions. This panic measure was introduced in 1938, only a few weeks after Mr Nash and his colleagues, in their election speeches, had been assuming the public that things were never rosier. At first it was admitted import restrictions were necessitated by the financial situation, but later when the Government recovered its breath it said they were intended to promote New Zealand manufactures, although hundreds of the lines banned could never be manufactured here. Owing to import restrictions. foodstuffs, clothing, footwear, do; mestic hardware and countless other essential or useful things lecame unprocurable. As an example of the stupid bureaucratic methods that were pursued, the Government in March, 1941, rejected an offer of 15,000 cases of canned Fijian pineapple, although the firm concerned was prepared to invest fhe proceeds in the Dominion. Don’t rigk a repetition of this bungling. Give the shopkeeper—and yourself—a break. Vote National! —2O