DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES

Otago Witness, Issue 4066, 16 February 1932, Page 23

DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD WELLINGTON, February 11. At the Wellington Manufacturers’ Association’s dinner to-night the Prime Minister (Mr G. W. Forbes) announced the following appointments to the Development of Industries Board :—Messrs J. E. Luke (chairman), G. W. Cliukard (secretary to the Department of Industries and Commerce), G. A. Paseoe (manager of Anderson’s Engineering Company, Christchurch), S. Takle (president of the Auckland Manufacturers' Association), A. M. Seaman (president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce), I. Woolf (manager of Bunting’s Ltd., Christchurch), H. Vickerman and Professor Danham (of the Research Council), W. Bromley (representative of the Unemployment Board), and Dr E. Marsden (secretary). DR DENHAM. Dr Henry George Denham, M.A., D.Sc., Ph.D., 'is dean of the faculty of science at Canterbury University College and chairman of the Canterbury Agricultural College Board of Governors. 'He is also on the New Zealand Council of the Department of Scientic and Industrial Research, and represents the Professorial Board of Canterbury College on the Board of Governors of the Christchurch Boys’ High School. Dr Denham was born and educated in Christchurch, gaining his M.Sc. and the 1851 science exhibition in 1906. He studied at Heidelberg University, and was later research student and honorary lecturer at Canterbury College. He was connected with the University of Queensland from 1912 to 1920. For the following year he was professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Capetown, and was then (in 1923) appointed professor of chemistry at Canterbury College. He has published several scientific papers. MR I. WOOLF. Mr I. Woolf is head of the firm' of Bunting and Co.. Ltd., brush manufacturers, and a prominent member of the Christchurch Manufacturing Association. He is the immediate past president of the association, and has been keenly interested in the question of motor importation for some years. MR PASCOE.

Mr Pascoe is a member of the firm of Anderson’s. Ltd., the biggest iron and steel founders and importers in the South Island.

DUTIES OF THE BOARD

HIGH STANDARD OF GOODS. WELLINGTON, February 12.

The steps taken to give stimulus to the secondary industries of New Zealand were outlined by the Prime Minister (Mr G. W. Forbes) when addressing members of the Manufacturers’ Association at a dinner given in honour of Mr C. Le Maistre, director of the British Standards Association.

Expressing satisfaction with the gene ral high quality of Dominion-made goods, Mr Forbes emphasised the duty of manufacturers receiving the benefits of Pro tection to give the public the advantages of the articles produced at the lowest possible price. “ Any product we sell we should keep at the highest standard, and we should see that it is equally high all through. We have been able to do it in a very large degree, and I think that has been reflected in the market we have.’

Before announcing the personnel of the Development of Industries Board M r Forbes said its setting up would ensure that on any problem that came along the opinion of scientific and practical minds would be obtained. It would be able to decide whether any proposed new industries could carry on or whether there was room for them, and it would be able to give a highly-informed opinion as to the prospects of an industry asking for protection. “We are trying to set a standard that will be able to challenge any competitor,” said Mr Forbes. “ I have no doubt we shall be able to' do it. New Zealanders are keen and open to receive new ideas. _ I think our pro gross in regard to secondary industries will be steady. shall be able as time goes on to absorb a bigger proportion of the population into them. That is what we are trying to do. These are times to test the fibre of the people’s determination. Anyone can get along in good times, but it is when we have difficult times, when every nerve has to be strained, that the real fibre is tested. I think we have that quality, and that we will in time overcome the difficult situation facing us now.”