“PROHIBIT CAR IMPORTS”

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1930, Page 16

“PROHIBIT CAR IMPORTS”

CANTERBURY MAN’S SUGGESTION.

VALUE OF LOCAL MARKETS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.

Christchurch,. May 1.

Mr. I. Wolf, presidost of the Canterbury Manufacturers* Association, at a meeting of the executive last night urged the prohibition of the importation of motor cars, and suggested that the New Zealand Parliament should take the same steps to develop manufactures in New Zealand as the Scullin Governmcht had taken in Australia.

“To those of our manufacturers who, through the beneficial effects of the high rate of exchange, are likely to be busy between now and the end of the year, I strongly urge that the consequent easing of overhead charges on larger output should be passed on to the consumer and prove that our contention is correct that lower prices follow increased production, he said.

“As to our farmer friends, I would impress on them the advantages of a greater New Zealand market. A striking instance of those advantages is that during the present month the retail price paid in London for New Zealand butter was Is 2d per lb, whilst here, where it is produced, the retail price is Is Cd to Is 7d per lb.”