TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS.
MANUFACTURERS’ VIEWSPer Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 4. Mr A. W. Nisbet (secretary of the Wellington Manufacturers’ Association), discussing the tariff adjustments, said that "on the whole they had given satisfaction to the manufacturers in 'Wellington, though there were still some industries faced with serious restriction of output due to foreign competition. He referred more particularly, he said, to manufacturers oi underclothing for men and women. The position of this industry was really serious and had not, been materially improved by the tariff adjustments. He ridiculed the outcry about New Zealand children going barefoot. New Zealand factories could easily produce far more sandals than this country could possibly use. There also had been a cry about ladies’ white shoes. He had personally investigated one such line being sold by jobbers in England at a price enabling them to be landed in New Zealand at 4s 3d a pair and they were retailed at 13s lid.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 2
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