DOMINION GOODS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23858, 12 July 1939, Page 14

DOMINION GOODS

SUGGESTION OF BOYCOTT BRITISH TRADERS’ ATTITUDE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS RESENTED (Special to Daily Times; WELLINGTON, July 11. “ It has been mentioned that there will be a complete boycott of New Zealand goods in this country unless the present trade conditions are improved.” states a letter from a large hosiery, knitwear and underwear manufacturing company in London to its New Zealand agent in Wellington. “ We have already taken down the advertisements we were asked to put up in our factories asking people to buy New Zealand goods. Our export manager has been in close touch with the Wholesale Textile Association and the London Chamber of Commerce, and has Already attended two conferences with the New Zealand authorities,” the letter adds. “You will appreciate, however, that New Zealand representatives over here know very little, but we are hoping they will forward to their Government the opinion of all British traders.” An idea of the expense of manufacturing goods in New Zealand was given by the New Zealand agent in a statement to-day. His company, he said, had a line of girls’ hose, which was landed in New Zealand at 43s a dozen after paying 80 per cent, in duty and exchange. . The stock was given to a New Zealand manufacturer to copy, but the samples submitted were considered to be a very rough job and the price quoted was 70s 6d a dozen, which, with sales tax added, would amount to 745. “ That manufacturer has been here for over half a century,” he said. “ and it shows how much the public will have to pay for the import restrictions.”