LOCAL INDUSTRY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 144, 15 December 1933, Page 8

LOCAL INDUSTRY

(To the Editor.) Sir, —Being large retailers of knitting wools, we recently negotiated with a New Zealand company with a view to placing 1934 orders for certain lines which are manufactured by their mills. Our surprise can be imagined when after considerable correspondence we were informed by letter from their head office, that they have already sold the output from their mills for one year ending July 19, 1934, and were accordingly unable, even at this early stage, to accept any further orders. , Today the public of New Zealand is being asked to believe that unemployment is still serious, and on all sides we hear of factories working part time, with reduced staffs, etc., yet in the midst of it we come across this astounding instance of a big company who have to refuse orders, as they cannot produce sufficient to meet the demand. To say the least of it, this is refreshing information, but we would respectfully suggest that for the good of the country generally, such companies should endeavour to absorb sufficient of the un^ employed to put their factories in the position to accept, with thanks, all orders that it may be their good fortune to secure.— We are, etc., J. K. McKENZIE, LTD.