TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND.
MANUFACTURERS" ATTITUDE. LONDON, May 2:5 (delayed). The "Board of Trade Journal," referring to New Zealand complaints regarding the unsatisfactory nature of replies received from British manufacturers to inquiries by New Zealand agents after the armistice as to how they intended to prosecute post-war trade, emphasises the fact that Britain was turned industrially upside down by the war. The journal asks how the British manufacturers could, in the circumstances, specify the conditions of post-war trade when the supply and prices of materials, the amount anil cost of labour, and shipping accommodation and freights were all unknown and not able to be calculated. The "Journal"' adds: "it is unjust to conclude, therefore, that British manufacturers are indifferent to New Zealand markets, and not appreciative of NewZealand conditions."— (Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 133, 5 June 1919, Page 5
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130TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 133, 5 June 1919, Page 5
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