NEW ZEALAND-MADE GOODS.
• LACK OF ENCOURAGEMENT... , i AUCKLAND. February 8? At a meeting of the Auckland Provincial Industrial Association, Mr G. Finn, said that contracts totalling £650,000 ■ had < .recently been let in. the four chief centres .in connection with the railway workshops.,;but no effort had been made to encourage the use of New Zealand-made., materials. Though a certain amount of. local .‘manufacture could be used, contractors could import duty free material that could’ b'e supplied by New Zealand manufacturers. 1 / • It' was resolved—“ That the lack of keen interest on the part of the Government jin regard to providing, reasonable opportunitiesc for the use ; of New Zealand-made goods on Government. works be; referred to the Trade and. Tariff Committee.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3805, 15 February 1927, Page 72
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