AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY.
ADVICE TO BRITISH TRADERS.
LOCAL' BRANCHES NEEDED.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 11.30 p.m.) ' LONDON. Dec. 7.
The Agent-General for Tasmania, Mr. A. H. Ash bolt, read a paper to the Society of Arts on the industrial development of Australia during and after the war. He &aid that for good or ill Australia was wedded to the ideals of prolection. The result was that the percentage of imports from overseas was becoming a diminishing factor. He urged British manufacturers to recognise the unpalatable fact. Instead of letting business co they should, in association with Australia, erect branches of well-known ■ British businesses to produce goods which have been supplied for many years from the Homeland. He detailed Australia's facilities for manufacturing and the local market for iron and steel goods, sewing machines, textiles, confectionery, wood pulp, condensed milk, tinplates, and cotton goods. He emphasised the hydroelectric power in Tasmania.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17649, 9 December 1920, Page 7
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