DOMINION’S SECONDARY INDUSTRIES

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 134, 22 February 1923, Page 9

DOMINION’S SECONDARY INDUSTRIES

4 DISPLAY AT THE EMPIRE EXHIBITION “A MAGNIFICENT ADVERTISEMENT” That the prospect of New Zealand's secondary industries receiving a lasting advertisement through ths agency of the British Empire Exhibition is exceptionally bright is the belief of the retiring president of tha New Zealand Federation of Drapers and Clothiers . (Mr. E. H. Wyies). “I am sure,” declared Mr. Wyies, the annual conference yesterday, “that ths secondary industries of this Dominion are going to get a magnificent advertisement at this exhibition. We must not approach the matter of exhibits in any parochial spirit, but must see to it that from whatever part of the Dominion exhibits are sent, that exhibit shall represent New Zealand’s best. “I hope that one of the results of the British Empire Exhibition will be that a properly devised system of immigration will oe brought about, bringing to New Zealand those, who are willing, by energy and ability, to assist in further developing . the resources of this land, and adding to the power of its present industries, both primarj’ and secondary; and the investment in the Dominion of British capital, which will bring, to a realisation the present possibilities of the undeveloped resources of this country, and assist in securing that unity m trade and sentiment which should be to the advantage .of every part of the British Empire. “We must never forget that we are citizens of that great and free Empire of which our Dominion is so important a unit; and bo far as is possible, and consistent with the due financial requirements of the Dominion and the development of her industries, trade and commerce, we must, as sons of the Empire, direct our thoughts to the ideal of a self-supporting Empire, moved by a knowledge that the Empire, aware of its essential unity, may be guided by a universal impulse to see that unity is expressed in its political system, and in the relations of trade and intercourse between the constituent parts. What is necessary are knowledge, clear thinking, and a patient study of the phases of life which make for the maintenance, on a solid basis, of the greatness of our Empire. Whilst the consideration of the industries, trado, and commerce of our Dominion, and their protection and advancement, must be. our primary objects, we must not, in rebuilding our own particular structure, imperil or destroy the foundations upon which Imperial unity can alone be based.” (Applause.)