TRADE WITH CHINA.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 283, 28 November 1921, Page 9

TRADE WITH CHINA.

A MARKET FOR WOOL. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) CHRI3TCHURCH, this day. Tn conversation with a Lyttelton 'Times" representative, Mr. T. Shoa, aesistant-Chineso Consul for New , Zealand, said the best thing that New Zealand could export to China, was wool, for the people of China, Having tried the use of . woollen garments, including socks, would give up the use of cotton, although very gradually. The Chinese Consul (Mr. Lin), on hia way homo to China on leave, had taken back samples of New Zealand's finest wool, and it was manufactured in a factory recently established in Shanghai. Hitherto woollen goode have been brought to China from foreign countries, but China is beginning to manufacture her own woollens. "Tientsin carpets ere famous," eaid Mr, Shoa, " and wool is used in their manufacture." At present New Zealand was exporting to China wool, tinned goode (such ac eheop tonguce) and Now Zealand fungus. Mr. Shoa pointed out that the United States welcomed Chinese students, who, on thoir return to China, acted as trade emissaries between the two countries. At the present time, owing to New Zealand's immigration restriction law, there were no Chinese students in thie Dominion. The result of the poll tax was to keep out of the country Chinese merohante who wished to open up trade. H« wae hopeful that Mr. Masscy would redeem a promise he had made "in regard to relaxing the restrictions of the Act of 1021, which would promote a better understanding between the two peoples.