"OUR OWN."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 506, 13 May 1909, Page 8

"OUR OWN."

INDUSTRIES WEEK IN WELLINGTON. .r —rr —■-■ i --C . i. ROUND ABOUT THE CITY. - - SOME EXCELLENT DISPLAYS. . "You can soe for ' yourselves how 'thousands of pounds oan bo kept In the Dominion annually, and constant work ■ given- to our own people. . . . All that Is necessary Is to bo patriotic. ■ Buy Now Zealand-made goods. . . . Manufaoturors aro doing their part— you do yours. ... Support tho country that supports you." So ruii the. lines in aii advertisement in this issue calling tho attention of the publio ,to the -;faot that "Industries Week" has commenced, and that it behoves •; all . and. sundry :to note ; the oxcollonc© of our own ;; nanufacturos';,even- 'in;competitiorii'with those, : imported. . It i people, to,; bo patriotically impartial—if tboy aro that, then they must see. that "our own" is good imd worthy'/of' better', patronage: than is, in ; many eases, afforded! /Some would argue that, a young country should practiso free irado, but if -such a policy: wore to. ho adopted there would be small chance of this country ever being -able to support it-, eelf inmanufactures. It is hard enough as' it is to havo to fightagainst , that peouliar prejudice, ingrained in the public, -which exists in respfcet to ; the locally-produced article. Instances aro numerous whero shopmen, in ordor-:to sell certain eolohial-maao goods, ;impress' .<)ii : their;; clients' that ' the ." -goods are; English. ; In. respect to clothing, this is /notorious. . Goods manufactured, m London./ sweating-dens jvith a freo - admixture of''.shoddy; aro bought—in hundreds ; of cases- in '-.preference to tho all-wool goods turned out in properly-regulated and health-ily-governed factories in this country. It is to administer a bolus tp that prejudice and win the ..public to a better appreciation of- New Zealand .manufactures that :'the';"ln-' .dnstaes/WeeF.l-lmbvm the Industrial Association, in combination with -the 'New Zealand/Shopkeepers' Association, and, though VtheUntcrdsfc in the/movement is not-so ."live" as it might , be, tho displays .-which jinany .of. the shops are making are well/worthy of inspection. /./. , ■ , .

The Coldon Fleece. Thero is ione,-thing before and boyond all J:'.',others,.ttafr/New;- Zealand' can, legitimately. ' toast of—its 'woollen manufactures. ;' New Zealand blanketa ' ; and rugs more ,than' hol'd ; their own with ■,those produced in any other ;■ part of tho world.andit was not surprising to see" iroite.' ii 'nuitnber of the drapers' and clothiers',: windows; !set out with, capital displays of Wellington, Kaiapoi, Mosgiel, and - -Roslyn rugs m various -patterns and colours. . There was vay distmcfc appeal,; too, 'in;-..'the mounds of snowy, blankets, to the display of which the i weather was- in happy, accord. It should be made.-a. misdemeanour Act , of Parliament for. aiNew Zealand to purchaae a blanket ,that is not manufactured' in- . : tho country. ..There aro Sb many, shops roaki hig big: thai iit would bo invidious to particulanso; • Along ths Quay. < £;• 'Among itho'. exhibits of jowl/industries- that Catch tho eye: along the Quay is . an'exhibit in - Mr. R. Armit'a window. of three sets: .of' ;V .' : sculls made 'by iMr'/'Gco. Norton jof ;this 'city. / One pair is to bo usedby.Wm. Webbandau-' other by Die]; Arast. in.tho. forthcoming strug-: glo for the;. sculling'jcKaihpion'sliip'.! of the : world, on tho Wanganui River. ; -r.-The - third . - pair are those used by Webb -.when lie beat v : Tresiddcr last ■; : year.' An other? attractive show is that of Messrs. Alcock'and Co., who , exhibit a "grand" billiard table • and two . dining-billiard tables of oxquisite .finish.-They are handsomo 'enough ■ pieces - of furniture to : V:induceanyone, to become a billiardist. A .. ' gay...- assortment of - "Bee" :jam,-iinr-tins -flnd Ojars of all. sizes, attracts attention'in a sllop on Lambton Quay. „•' What the Word "Coar" Connotos. ;

Tho trade mark "Gear" stands for all that is best in potted and tinned meats, and the by the Gear Meat Company gives an excellent idea of the variety of edibles • which tho company. turns out, apart from ■ its : vast business as meat exporters. The : , "get up", of the Gear Company's waros com-'i '/: pares ; more thra -favourably{with any" in 'the world—tho quality speaks for itself- : In Manners Street. : ,'Along Manners .Street; one's attention is .-, arrested by a display orlocally-manufac-tured art furniture in t-ho show windows of Mr. Henry Fielder, whore may also bo Been samples of the hevrarid highly artistic stucco . .work as.applied to house interior decoration. Mr. .Goo. Winder's windows are well worth inspection; and whilst..,in that: neighbour- ;., hood'. the . chance . should, ' not bo missed of ;. seeing. tho variety of stamped,, steel / work manufactured - by; theWrinderlich Company in, this .country. - Messrs." Tin gey and- Co., of y , Manners Street,' display ,;a jhandsome lot. of' ; picture frames and overmantels and mirror;v; settings. of attractive designs, and Messrs'.' : Stewart Dawson and Co.: make a special display of jewellery manufactured within the Dominion. The Carrara- Ceiling Company . . prepared a; Lambton Quay; window; with sam- . pies of their elaborate arid: artistic relief - pieces for."ceiling and wall- ornamentation. : : The oxistenco' ill our midst of such an industry is not sufEciently well kr.own. : • : ' Among, the perambulating exhibits of local ' manufactures none presented a more moving ' sight than tho placarded tram-cars, placarded - to distinguish them i from the imported article. Premises Thrown Open, v > It is a pleasure to'learii that ''Industries Peek", has -brought' about'' an "open-door wlicy";with :a numborlof,'the. : more interest-r' .; ihg: manufactories. ' Yesterday' afternoon the.mechanical departments of the Dosiinion • ) ; thrown open to, the .public, ';: and certain iof. the' staff wcro retained to exliibit the working of the linotype and the big : threo-decked Foster printing, machino; .; Among-those who 'risited the printing-house in - .the afternoon were some sixty. lads' from ; tho. Mount Cook Boys'. School, in charge of The boys,showed every in-, tores't in'tho worka, and-wero delightod when presented with-their names in moulded,metal: ■ -What appealed to them most, perhaps, was • witnessing the "Foster" in l action rolling off, the monung pappr iat the rate-of 20,000' an hour. A contingent of Terrace School boys were shown over tho factory of Messrs..Thos. : BaUingor and-Co., nind: the fifth and sixth, standard boys of the Mojunt Cook School (in ' jhargo of Messrs.. Poster and Hemploman) jourueyed to Kaiwarra,.' where they' were shown over the New , Zealand Candle Company's works and Hirst's Tannery. A number of tho public also' availed themselves of ; : the chance fo see, "how the wheels go round" ...; at the tramway power-house in Jorvois Quay.. Altogether, the ', display, of local industries, though.not so general as it might have been; is a very commendable one, and - it- will pay the public to carefully : observe the windows during the next week. if. it- only ' :,Beryes. tho purpose of opening their eyes ;to , ; .the :.number of .unsuspected "industries: thatcxi3t in our. midst. .