BRITISH AND FOREIGN GOODS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 264, 3 August 1929, Page 13

BRITISH AND FOREIGN GOODS

Sir, —The 0.0. D. system is being stopped, and I and others would like to know if that means the importation into this country of more American and foreign goods. The C.O.D. goods were at least British. One sees on all sides American shoes, stockings, etc., and when it is a matter of purchasing New Zealand’s products it is not America that buys but Britain. We should insist on having British goods sold to us and thereby study our country’s interests. It is to be hoped that the New Zealand people will raise their voices in protest against any further reductions in the Navy. Where would New Zealand have been in the late war without the Navy? It is up to us to protect our shores, and at present there is not even a minesweeper here. Governments come and Governments go, but the apathy regarding safety first goes on for ever.—l am, etc., PATRIOTIC. Wellington, August 1.