Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thursday 5 December 1929, page 14


CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

BUY AUSTRALIAN-MADE.

Mr. Scullin's Appeal.

CANBERRA IA Wednesday In a message to Christmas shoppers the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) urges the people to 10yds Christmas presents goods of Aus tralian manufacture ' with the approach of the Christmas season, we all have a splendid opportunity to give effect to a little practical patriotism ' said Mr -"eil Iin Every year very large sums of money are spent on imported goods for Christmas presents While some of these presents also of a special character and can be obtained only from overseas countries in most cases gifts of equal quality may be purchased

locally The time is peculiarly appropriate to buy Australian made Christmas gifts Determination to buy Australian made Christmas gifts will have a very appreciable effect in diminishing unemployment We are suffering at present is in an n IVCIBC trade b dance for the first nine months of this year we have bought from other countries i. 10 000 OOO worth of goods more than we have been able to sell old and

I do not wish to burden Christmas

shoppers with statistics, but lost ant

should doubt the effects ent ss of buying Australian made gifts let we tell them that even so if we import roughly £2 500 000 worth of jewellery watches clocks and fancy goods including to} s and games Imported han Ikoielliots and sent letters of

cotton and linen account for £1(W000 a von toilet preparations soaps and perfumes more than £400 000 talking ma things i. 100,000 chocolate and confection ev il°00ri flourish (Inmncs and dunes 142 000 fancy pencil-, and pen and pencil cases 640 000 plant- tar Is LiiOOO and so on 1 xi hiding textiles and a pin of which

of course represent a const Terrible proportion o! the Christmas presents seen wax annually the articles suitable for Christmas gifts that we now import amount to nearly L8000000 annually let me

* is to d e n e t t to me meet their own industries In doing so they will have the satisfaction not only of giving licensing gifts to their friends but also of having contributed even in a small way to

the restoration of national prosperity-.