"Unfair to N.Z. Industries."
"Why is it that when one enters many busines places in almost every city in New Zealand and asks for even a penny box of matches, either Swedish or Belgian manufactured matchesare proffered?" was asked at the meeting of the executive committee of the Wellington New Zealanders' Association. Members agreed that unfortunately the practice was a common one. and while some thought that ft might be only thoughtfulness on the part of either principals or assistants"* 1 (or both) others expressed the opinion that the practice was so universal that attention should be called to what was inimical to the interests of the New 7 Zealand manufacturers, who employed a large number of men, women, youths and girls. It was decided to again stress the necessity (particularly at the present time, when so many men and women were finding it difficult to obtain lucrative employment) of Dominion residents purchasing New Zea-land-made goods wherever procurable, and failing that, to buy British-made goods.
(Continued on page 3).
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Franklin Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 37, 31 March 1933, Page 8 (Supplement)
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