SUPPLIES FOR N.Z. FACTORIES
U.S. INDUSTRIALIST’S WARNING (New Zealand Press Association)
AUCKLAND, April 16. Secondary industries in New Zealand may be hard hit if special efforts are not made soon to secUre materials which are scarce. This opinion was expressed by an American industrialist, Mr Howard A. Lewis. He thinks New Zealand should move fast in seeking from the United States materials, parts, and plant that can?ot be obtained in Britain.
A vice-president of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, Mr Lewis arrived in New Zealand a week ago to observe the impact of the world armament programme on secondary industries, particularly on his corporation’s own associates. He left Auckland for the United States by air yesterday. Nash-Kevlinator’s British plant had suddenly found itself unable to obtain certain equipment for New Zealand. Mr Lewis cabled to Detroit to see if America and Canada could supply it. Supplies from the United States were also becoming scarce, said Mr Lewis. “Steel, aluminium, copper, and stainless steel are getting scarce for civilian production,” he said Mr Lewis was impressed with the variety and quality of goods in New Zealand shops and the prices. The service was splendid.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26398, 17 April 1951, Page 8
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