NEW ZEALAND IMPORTS

Evening Star, Issue 18667, 23 June 1924, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND IMPORTS

FOUR MOUTHS’ FIGRTJJS. COST OF MOTOR TRACTION. [)urii’.ir Die four nmiuits to the nrosmil.' venr the imports ir.in rtVw /,calami totalled' in value IT 1,925,1) 1 4. aa increase <6 £78.699 upon-the impm ts laai, vear lor a stumor pmind. I he exports, however. showed a Mill larger increase lor Dm lour months of 1924, I lie total valui’ being no loss Ulan £2*5.942.129. us compared _ with LTD.32O/290 tor a similar period in 1923. Considering some oi tuc linos import'"!. tiu> question naturally arises as; to whether it would not now be possible to produce thorn in IN eve Zealand, and provide work for the people, .for instance, in the four months hoots and shoes to the value of £5158,895 _ wore brought'. into New Zealand in spile ol (lie f;ua • '>:(,( such lines are protected by a UiriiT, and there are plenty oi lactone,s in ilie doninion. Another peeuliar position is that Awv Zealand exported cattle hides to the value oi £1i50,999, yet imported, leather to the; value of £101.338. .Apparel _was imported to the value ol £886.197, a good proportion ol which ought In be made in Dm dominion. Confectionery is another item Dial. accounts for £70,104., in spite of the fact that, there are many linns in New Zealand inanniaetnring Midi poods. The; efteefc of the had harvest in the south is shown by the fact that in the first four months of tliis vear wheat had to be imported to the value of £162,688, as compared with only f•'.■') for a. similar period in 1923.

It is of interest to not; that there is a falling-oil’ in the value oj line import s in the following lines: —Tea. £279,410. as compared with £330,717; whisky, £198,9.1.7, against £212,009; cigarettes, .£221,541, against £22(5.405; tobacco, £282,.V10, as against £317,08!). New Zealand, during the first four it:-iitlrs of 192!, exported 'wool to the value of £lll,oas compared with £5,851.iwV lor a similar period in 1923, hut. imported woollen goods to lint value, of £41.2,81.1, probably made, from what was exported Hone last year. Timber in tin' value of .9132,789 was also exported, and yet the, imports of that line were worth £27(5,871. The export of kauri gum wa,s hotter, -nc first four' months of this year totalling in value £143,163. as compared with £121,511 for a similar period last year. Mold, on the oilier hand, showed a fallingoff, the. value being £187,112, as compared with £200,044. The great spread of motor traction is responsible lor a lot of money being sent out ol the country. The. motor vehicles imported for the first, four months were valued at no less than £1,120.510, and another £11.0,437 wont, for motor- tyres, £367,307 for motor spirit, £68,700 for gasolene, and £87,583 for- hr-imine. Another big item in the imports is £101,(8! for kerosene. It will surprise some, to note that the sausage skins exported' in four months reached a value of £201,91!), and although the rabbit, is the curse of tire farmer, still skins to Die value of £(555.470 were sent away in four inoni hs.