Textile protection
1 PA Wellington It was totally unnecessary for Mrs Ann Hercus, the Labour member of Parliament for Lyttelton, to suggest that an emergency assistance programme was needed to save hundreds of jobs in the textile industry, the Minister of Trade and Industry (Mr AdamsSchneider) has said. Her comment had arisen from statements made by Mr W. R. Jackson, chairman of Alliance Textiles, last week. “In my response to those; statements I pointed out the, high level of protection'
1 (Which is enjoyed by the tex- ■ tile industry in New Zea 1 land, in most categqjie* 1 more than 90 per cent oft-the market,” Mr Adams-Schnei- ■ der said. ■ “It is the Government ? 1 job to set a development cli--1 mate for the whole induttrj . through protection, through incentivies to encourage* the ■ use of regional resources and to boost our experts 1 The Government has done ■ this and will continue to do ' this. There are few individ ual companies which have gbenefitted from these policies to the extent Alliance i-has,” he said.
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