NEWZEALAND INDUSTRIES

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 8

NEWZEALAND INDUSTRIES

A. SUCCESSFUL;EXHIBITION.' , PROPOSED CARNIVAL - WEEK. '.: In,conversation .'.with-a OQomwion.. reporter yesterday, Mr.. H. :F. -'Allen, :-.secretary of the Industrial Association, said that hc'i made a number of calls on .shopkeepers yesterday morning, . and fouiid that oir every side . Industries - Week;! had' been regarded,,as a great success. There. has been a strong demand . for ' New ' Zealand-made goods. People ; onter the shops ■ arid say, "Is this made in New Zealand?" "Yes." * " All right, I'll buy that." - Manufacturers; told Mr. Allen that they considered!' that; never before had their manufactures b'ecri'put bebefore the; public in sucli a prominent arid satisfactory way as they wero duririg -Industries -week. ■ At a. future meeting of' the 'association, Mr. Allen is going .'to bring forward the question of • holding a carnival w'eok sonio time: next year. : A similar: exhibition, of local industries : could be' held in .conjunction .with boat racing) .etc. - This would probably result in inore. going-. in " for 'it than-was the case ori; this occasion. Some of the local exhibitors;were rather slow.'iri taking -it up, . arid • as late as-'Wednesday Mr.-Allen .was asked'for-window-bills. Some of them - did not! seem--to-'realise its, full importance. •'•' ' ' ■ -Yesterday .-morning Mr. Allen received.-.a lettor fronr Mr.. T. Garrard, secretary of the Canterbury Industrial Association, to the effect that Industries ' Week in' Christchurch had been an unqualified success, and everybody concerned , was weir pleased with the rosult: Tho exhibition had been run very economically, for, owing to the generous assistance received, a ten-pound note covered all tho association's expenses. : .Among- the. surprises! to which' residents have been treated durjrig Now. Zealand Industries' Week,' perhaps : one of the .pleasantc'st js the,-'discovery t&ai New,;' Zealand,,'brains and; enterprise have'succeeded iri, manufacturing locally a splendid ; type-of .cash' register. We refer to tliq exhibit, of.' the "Imperial' Cash Register Co., in Messrs. -\VI Wiggins arid Co.'s window,;-. pri' Lambton -Quay. -It appears that : this,- machine'.'is the' invention- of the; fnariago- rof ' the'. fcoriipaiiy, which started mariufacuiring oVfew-'iriiriitl's • ago : ,'Tho Imperial Cash Register and Sales .Recorder contains- - within r •; itself7a. rotary - device i wh'ich' gives'- out an', invoice,; - arid:, which - ..does jiway,,. with -the ~-rioed :of • -,' counter-booksj" and , has .an', always:. visible; sales' recorder—a useful'- combination'', that;"-reduces bp(j,l:-i';p»;/-' ing;.to.a-minimum.,; The]machine,;<vhich'has> fceeri. patented; througKout' the . world, has mrt-.with great success.all'over-the Dominion. Ini Ghristchurc.h,. it :is - used-.'-by '• a' nriniber; of 'well-known-firms, who.-all ; speak : highly, of its merits. ■' ■' ' V-V"; '..,.',