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New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 196, 29 December 1876, Page 1

FROM THE •^UPPLEMKNTAR* NEWS. Printed by " ■* FERGUSSON AND MITCUEtt, : During tli Fete in aid of tlie Benevolent Asjlum, on the Premises of Messrs. - Gutbrie and Laruach, ' May 24, 1576, pWUK LOCAL INDUSTRIES. MESSRS. HALLENSTEIN BROS.J Of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, following the example of some of the large manufacturers at Home, and more especially with a view of preventing the importation of English clothing, intend opening an extensive Retail Establishment for the sale of their manufactures, For this purpose, they liuvr fitted up commodious premises at the comer of the Octagon "and Prince* street, which are to be opened on Saturday, May 27. This branch nill be under the immediate management of Mr. Laurensou, and under the supervision of Mr. 13. Hallenstein, the head of the New Zealand firm.' Messrs Halleustein Bros., under the management of Mr Anderson, a partner iv the wholesale and factory branch, started the New Zealand Clothing Factory about two and a-ha'f years ago. They commenced on a comparatively small scale; at present, they employ between 200 and 300 hands. They have hod to overcome many difficulties and much prejudice, but now their goods, as will be seen from the ships' manifests, are bwng sent to all parts of New Zealand. Iv Vunediu only they have found persistent opposition on the part of the larger houses who are glutting this market with imported goods, and, no doubt, the retailers find it to their advantage to push these iv preference to local manufactures. The proprietors of the New Zealand Clothing Factoiy have, therefore, very judiciously decided to iutioduce their manufactures uirect to tlie large coußuuiing population of Dunedin : and, in order to do do effectively, they have determined to sell a single garment ut the wholesale price. The selling price is to be marked in plain figures on every article, from which no abatement will be made. The business is to be couducted strictly on the cash principle, and all goods must be paid for on delivery, but any article not fouud suitable may be exchanged, or the inonej returned. Aa will be seen from the garments presented by the New Zealand Clothing Factory in aid of the Benevolent Asylum, and now exhibited in this building, they are superior in style and quality, and at a proportionately lower pri c, than anything that can be imported. But, irrespective of all these advantages, it is to the interest of everyone to support an iudustry which employs local labour, and is a direct beuefit to the butcher, baker, farmer, mechanic, shopkeeper, merchant, and to all sections of the community.