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Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1930, Page 11

“NEW ZEALANDMADE” PRAISE FOR WOOLLENS Englishman’s Experience “To buy woollen goods made anywhere but in New Zealand is a serious reflection on your , intelligence as good judges of good things,” said Mr. Guyton Butler, a member of a well-known English firm recently. “On arriving in. Auckland last week, I walked into one of the big. stores , to buy some woollen underwean Exhibited on the counter, with trademarks well in evidence, the widely?advertiped products of two pf the leading English makers. .‘These? said the shopman, ‘are, as you know, about thp best you can buy.’ I repljed, ‘No, nmst emphatically no. Over eleven years ago I came here and bought a small supply of woollen underwear of New Zealand manufacture. It is still in use, apd I have nevihr since been 1 able tb acquire, anything to equal it for wearing qualities or for the bodily comfort its softness" imparts. I yreap it with pleasure. It'enhances my feeling of'well-being. I like myself more because it does not irritate my skin or trespass on my temper. At the moment lam wearing an under-garment made by that famous English firm whose goods ypu recommend, and I have promised myself the luxury of shedding it and starting to-morrow soothed in body and spirit by the superlative luxury of your New Zealand woollens. Ih a word I shall exchange the exasperation and extravagance of English woollens for something in which New Zealand excels,” ' “Life is, after all,” the visitor, continued, *‘a, matter of contrasts and experiences. By the time a man is fif£y he has at least discovered what suits him best for-most ofjiis ' needs. If he happens to be widely j travelled he must of necessity have ! acquired discrimination. For linen I shirts I go to Belfast; my preference is for Havana cigars; Bond Street can supply all the ties a man can desire, but, after visiting most of the producing countries of the world, I have yet to discover anywhere woollen goods that can begin to compare with the New Zealand productions. My advice to your people and tp your manufacturers is—Feature and emphasise such things.,* Here you can beat the world.” , . 1 I The above tribute to Roslyn Woollen Goods should appeal to the pride of every patriotic sew Zealander.