TARIFF COMMISSION
LOCAL TOOTHBRUSHES
Certain statements relative to New Zealand ■', .toothbrush manufacturers, made recently before the Tariff Commission on behalf of the British''Manufacturers' Association, were refuted before the Commission yesterday by Mr. A. E. Mander,' secretary of the New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation. The first statement he challenged was that "handles and bristle used by New Zealand manufacturers are imported direct from Japan.',' This, ho said, was not correct. Tho. bristle came from the samC'Country of origin (Russia).as did the 'bristle used by English manufae-j turers.- It was dressed, ■washed, and bleached in England.-- - -. - The second statement was that "tho New Zealand manufacturer had simply to punch tho material into the handle." He said that toothbrushes madd in New Zealand dia not have bristles "punched" into the handles. The holes were bored, ancl every tuf t_ was anchored in with a .nickel wiro. "Tho extent of the manufacturing process carried out in this country is not usually appreciated by those who are unf ami liar "with it," ho added. "As <i matter of fact, only 40 per cent, of the value of a toothbrush when it leaves the factory is accounted for by the cost of the material."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 52, 2 March 1934, Page 14
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197TARIFF COMMISSION Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 52, 2 March 1934, Page 14
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