LOCALLY-MADE GOODS
QUESTION OF PREFERENCE
POST AND TELEGRAPH POLICY
A plea for the use of New Zealandmade insulators by the Post and Telegraph Department was made in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon by the Leader of the Opposition (tho Eight Hon. J. Or. Coates). The Leader of the Labour Party (Mr. H. E. Holland): "Why didn't tho right honourable gentleman's Government uso them when it was in office?" Mr. Coates (looking towards the Labour benches): "We did. That is the usual parrot cry of the Labour Party." Tho Chairman of Committees (Mr. W. A. Bodkin): "Order! Address the Chair please." Mr. Coates (to tho Chairman): "Have I got to look at you all tho time I am speaking, or may I look at tho gentleman who interjected?" ■ The Postmaster-General (tho Hon. J. B. Donald) said that tho Department had instructions to uso Xew Zealand goods whenever possible, and often a higher price was paid in order that the local manufacturer would get pre: forence. Half ,tho insulators used at present were made in New Zealand, and th« Department had lent one of its engineers to the company referred to by the Leader of tho Opposition in order that it might improve its. product.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 10
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204LOCALLY-MADE GOODS Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 10
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