The Herald. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916. DEALING IN GERMAN GOODS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5348, 3 February 1916, Page 4

The Herald. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916. DEALING IN GERMAN GOODS.

A strong complaint comes rrom Auckland that German manufacturers are retaining a hold on trade in this Dominion, particularly in electrical supplies. It. appears that works in England run hv Anglo-German firms hare been placed in tli«*- hands of supervisors. who are pushing activities as

energetically ns ever, and the goods are coming out to Now Zealand in fxnnpetition, with the manufactures of Britain and her allies, and of neutral

countries. Thus enemy enterprises are allowed, under the disguise, to keep an open market in the Dominion, and purely German businesses will be able to step in after the war, and reap the benefit of this “wann-rag-juan system as if their trade had never suffered interruption. Tin's statement of the position is support'd by the production of a list, of suporvisod firms which the Australian Government lias proclaimed of enemy origin, but which continue to send goods to New Zealand. In addition it. is shown that a Dutch firm is exporting goods certified by the British Consul at Holland as “not containing more than. 17 per cent, of materials o.r labour of enemy origin.” So that £‘l7 out of £‘loo of the value ot the goods in Holland admittedly goes to assist the enemy!