RECIPROCAL TRADE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 92, 19 April 1945, Page 2

RECIPROCAL TRADE

DOMINION AND INDIA NEGOTIATING OP AGREEMENTS O.C. WELLINGTON, Wednesday. "We came to New Zealand with a mission that was twofold, and we leave satisfied that our coming has not been in vain," said Sir Datar Singh and Mr. Neville N. Wadia, members of the Indian trade delegation, in a statement on the eve of their departure from New Zealand. The purpose of their visit, they added, was to bring friendship and goodwill from India and to discuss how best reciprocal trade could be built up between India and New Zealand. Sir Datar and Mr. Wadia said they felt they had laid the foundations on which could be built a structure of friendship, and that they had opened channels through which reciprocal trade could flow. Their visit had been a delightful experience and a revelation of new wonders and helpful ideas. Sir Datar said that another thing that had impressed him was the widespread use of milking machinery on New Zealand farms. India had no such vast electrification, as its labour resources were plentiful for carrying on farming by India's ageold methods. "In India you have a continuing increasing market for your dairy products," said Sir Datar. "We have had your products, and I know that their quality and packing have left nothing to be desired. We will always need them, no matter how successful our production plans may be." A cablegram from Sydney states that on arrival there Sir Datar Singh said agreements would be negotiated with New Zealand for the exchange of dairy products, wool and woollen articles for textiles, jute, tea, coffee and other commodities.