TYRE INDUSTRY
A STATE €NTERPRISE?
MR. DOIDGE'S COMMENT
fßv Telccran'i—i'r«s A=onrintion.l AUCKLAND. May 11. "Tt will fome as, a surprise to the neopio of New Zealand to know that the Government contemplates sponsoring an enterarise for the manufacture of rn^toi- tyres in the Dominion," said Mr. F. W. Doirlfe in an address unrW tho an=nices of the National Par Hr. He said IMt wn«n asked by t^e Re^iororal Trorle Fpd^ration of Oe*<- Britain if f^is was In;e. I*>e Hon. WpHer Nash Mid v»<i. find madp if, clenr that once tTip faotnvv was prected pxclusive ninnopnlv rights would b° elvfn. Mr. Pnjd^e sain" fi"' New 7.°ilanrl imDOrted about £750.000 worth of tyres nnd tvb ps yearly and on those thp duties naid apnroximaW £flfl.nno. "What would be Ihe rPßct.ion of the FiO.noo emnloypps in this indu.st.rv in "Britain trm'sir^s Np.w Zealand nro^nce if we shut Bn'fi=h tyres o'it nf th° N>nv Zealand market." h" nskpd. "What would we eot out nf the industry if we eavp a foreien firm n m^opoly to make tyros in New /p^lpM."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 111, 12 May 1937, Page 16
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176TYRE INDUSTRY Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 111, 12 May 1937, Page 16
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