ALL ONE FAMILY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20005, 23 November 1927, Page 9

ALL ONE FAMILY

TRADE AND SENTIMENT How Women are Helping Empire Co-operation MBS AMERY’S TESTIMONT. [ Special “ Chronicle ” Service ] AUCKLAND, Nov. 22. “An Ambassadress of the Empire/* remains the impression, vivid and clearcut, left by an interview with Mrs L. 8. Amery, whe of the Secretary of Ctate for the Dominions. She is an Ambassadress in the fullest sense of the term, bringing to the w’Omcn of New Zealand a message no less vitally important than that which the Secretary of State brings for the Dominions as a whole. The message is one to which every woman should give heed. It js to think imperially and to strengthen by every means within their power the bonds that unite the great Commonwealth of British nations. To the question: “Are the women of England taking any real and active interest in the matter of Imperial co-oper-ation?” Mrs Amery gave a quick and emphatic reply. “Yes, undoubtedly they arc,” she said. 4 4 The work of the Empire Marketing Board is receiving the whole-heart-ed support of women all through the country. Women arc now thinking imperially and buying imperially, and this .is true, not only of the women of one 'class, but also of every class. The Marketing Board has done splendid propaganda work and, not only the big stores, but even the little grocery shops in the country districts arc now making a feature of the sale of the Empire’s goods. The Board has created a demand for foodstuffs produced within h® ■F jm pire and housewives are saying: Why should 1 buy canned fruit from California, or butter from Denmark, when I can get them from Australia and New Zealand?’ It is the housewife who puts the ideal of imperial tradins into actual practice, and 1 think everj woman in New Zealand would be intercsted to know how much the women in England are doing to actively 1. on tho principle of trade within the Empire.

“One thing that this tour has impressed upon me greatly,” continuH Mrs Amery, 4 4 is the sense of unity, of our all belonging to one family. 1 felt it in Africa and again in Australia, and 1 know it is going to be just the sama here in New Zealand. There is really no feeling of strangeness at all. We seem to be among friends aU tho while and tt has made our tour of each country a delight.”