INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
DOMINION-WIDE ACTIVITY CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE (Piat United Press Association; WELLINGTON, Aug. 22. "Altogether the position revealed shows remarkable buoyancy in industry, and various manufacturing units report that the future cannot be viewed in other than an optimistic manner," said the Minister of Industries and Commerce (Mr D. G. Sullivan) In a statement reviewing industrial expansion. ' ... ■ , , The Minister said he had received reports from all over the Dominion telling of exceptional activity in the woollen mills. Other gratifying reports had been received in respect to electrical manufactures, footwear and the clothing arid shirt-making trade. An indication that more land was being brought into cultivation was found in the Auckland district, where increased sales of implements for the breaking in of virgin soil were reported.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23894, 23 August 1939, Page 3
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