SHODDY FOOTWEAR
EFFECT ON DOMINION INDUSTRY
DULL TIME IN THE FACTORIES.
(B? TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL TO lit POST.)
AUCKLAND, This Day. At this period of Iho year most factories are busy fulfilling substantial orders .to cope with the expected trade of Christmas and New Year, but, contrary to the general rule, local boot and. shoe manufacturers are experiencing a dull time; so dull in fact that several of the factories are working their employees short time. This is most unusual, and inquiries made from a prominent member of the trade elicited the information that the same state of. affairs, prevails throughout the Dominion, and in Dunedin particularly is the position" bad. Asked a reason for the slump, the answer was that there was too much cheap imported footwear, mostly women's and children's, coming to the Doniirfjon. With 'the high rates of tannage paid in New Zealand, and" Australian goods placed on the foreign tariff, the locally-made article cannot compete with the shoddy boot or shoe imported from England. Of course, this does not refer to certain reputable and wellknown English brands, which in quality remain just as high as ever.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1923, Page 6
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188SHODDY FOOTWEAR Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1923, Page 6
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