ALL NEW ZEALAND-MADE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 52, 29 August 1925, Page 7

ALL NEW ZEALAND-MADE

That example, like charity, should begin at home, - was urged in the House of Representatives . last evening by members who considered that the legislative precincts, and those who frequent them, should be standing and walking exemplifications of the slogan "support local industry."

"It is somewhat anomalous,*' remarked Mr. D. G. Sullivan (Avon), when the House was in Committee on the Estimates, "that the Speaker's new chair should be made of imported timber. Surely the furniture in the very heart and centre of the country's law-making institution should be made from our own materials. "

"Does the honourable gentleman know that he is criticising Mr. Speaker 1?" asked the Hon. G. J. Anderson.

Mr. Sullivan said he didn't know.

"He is talking about the chair," put in Mr. A. L. Monteith (Wellington East).

"I would not be guilty of .such a breach of etique.tte," said Mr. Sullivan.

The Chairman •of Committees said that the speaker was quite in order so far.

The Leader of the- Labour Party (Mr. H. E. Holland) said one received- a shock to hear that the Speaker's chair was not made of Now Zealand wood, but of wood from abroad. "The other day," he proceeded, "wo were told that the frame which holds the photos of the members of Parliament was made in Japan. .We learned yesterday, also, that the new sleeping car on the railways is built of mahogany and materials brought from abroad."

The Minister of Industries and Commerce (Mr. Anderson) said that every member of Parliament had the opportunity to Wear suits made in Kow Zealand, and also New Zealandmado boots.

Mr. J. A. Lee (Auckland East): "Are you setting tho right example 1?" Mr. Anderson: "I think it can at least bo said about the chair that in referring to it the honourable gentleman was not criticising tho Government at all. It was ordered by tho very esteemed gentleman who presides over this Chamber."

Tho Hon. W. Nosworthy interjected that he understood it was presented by the people of Dunedin.

Mr. Anderson added that the picture frame was made of British oak —not Japanese oafc—which was brought out to New Zealand by Bishop Neligan.