DUNEDIN MANUFACTURERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22957, 12 August 1936, Page 7

DUNEDIN MANUFACTURERS

MEETING OF COMMITTEE A meeting of the General Committee of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ Association was held yesterday afternoon. The president (Mr J. Sutherland Ross) occupied the chair. “MADE IN NEW ZEALAND” A report on the recent “ Made in New Zealand Week” was presented by the organiser (Mr L. H. Frude), who stated that, besides window displays, there had been 23 working exhibits, compared with five last year, and nine interior displays in stores. He stressed the necessity of indicating prices on the goods tnat were displayed. During the week, he added, a greater keenness had been shown by both manufacturers and retailers. The chairman expressed appreciation of the efforts of those who had assisted the association in making a success of the week. A letter was received from the City Council urging that Industries Week should be held at a time nearer Winter Show Week. Unnecessary expense in maintaining the special street lighting could be avoided, the letter stated, if the two efforts were held more or less about the same time. Members pointed out that retailers were not prepared to make their shop windows available during Winter Show Week, but it was agreed that “Made in New Zealand Week” could be held immediately before the show. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

The officer of the Vocational Guidance Association (Mr T. Conly) gave an outline of the association’s work. He stated that manufacturers had provided the foundation upon which the association had been able to start its activities five years ago. In its first year it had placed 70 girls and boys, and last year the number had been more than 800. In the early days of the movement the greatest obstacle had been the foremen in factories. Now the foremen were the friends of the association because they knew that it could find the right boy for.a job. Recent legislation had made it difficult to replace in work young people who had lost their positions, but the matter was being taken up with the Government.