COLOUR TV SETS High cost feared

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32959, 4 July 1972, Page 2

COLOUR TV SETS High cost feared

■ (N.Z. Press Association! ' WELLINGTON, July 3. ! If people found they could • not afford colour television ’ they would have the Electrii cal Workers’ Union and the • Manufacturers’ Federation to R thank, said the Dominion president of Federated Farmers ! (Mr A. C. Begg), today. 1 "Mr A. J. Neary of the 1 Electrical Workers’ Union has > complained that a number of skilled workers would lose 1 their jobs if colour sets are 1 imported rather than locally r made, but this is nonsense,” 1 said Mr Begg. “At a time when New Zea--1 land is in the grip of infla- > tion, and when none are cry- ‘ ing more loudly about rising > prices than the unions, the i Electrical Workers’ Union is trying to serve Its own selfish ends to the detriment of the general public,” said Mr > Begg. “It is of course, ably • abetted by its partner, ' the Manufacturers 1 Federa- • tion in an unholy alliance to ’ exploit the people of New ; Zealand.” 1 Most people might be able to afford $4OO for an impor--1 ted colour television set. but - few could afford $9OO for the r privilege of buying a New , Zealand-made set to protect the Electrical Workers’ • Union and the manufacturers, said Mr Begg,