TRADE RELATIONS

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19918, 3 May 1930, Page 17

TRADE RELATIONS

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. RECIPROCITY NEEDED. Mr L. J. Schmitt, the recently appointed New Zealand Trade and Tourist Commissioner of Australia, was the guest at a farewell luncheon yesterday afternoon, representatives being present from the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association, tho Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, the Canterbury Employers' Association, and the Canterbury Progress League. Mr I. Woolf, president of the Manufacturers * Association, was in the chair.

In proposing the toast of Mr ic'aunt-.« Mr Norton Francis, president of the Chamber of *sid thai he waa sure all present would join is congratulations to Mr Schmitt, and also tfco Dominion, upon the fact taat he had accepted his jnew position. The Chamber had long been aware of his ability, n was a matter for regret, said Mr Francis, that there were not closer relations existing between New Zealand and Australia. The trade ami tourist traffic between the two countries was actually smaller than waa the earn a few years ago. New Zealand eoald s®t expect to do a one-sided trade witk Commonwealth any more than An» tralia could have such hopes in ugtia to the Dominion. There should be a spirit of weipw»eity between the countries, and he waa sure that Mr Schmitt, with his nsoal tact and ability, would be iU* t» something in the direction of bringing this about. At one time the Dominion used to do a considerable trade with the Commonwealth in regard to but to-day the position was eeapkte* ly changed. There was room, too, f« • great development am the tourist tzafte between the countries. Our climate waa beneficial for those in Australia. vkft were in need of a holiday jwt as th» Australian climate waa good for Kcw Zealand ers similarly situated. The d** velopment of the tourist trade would mean that the trade between the Dominion and the Commonwealth be increased. He waa aura that if there was sufficient inducement offering ' the shipping companies would find the necessary ships to ply aeross the Taaman, which, he might mention, was wi quite the smoothest sea In the wertd. To make a trip on the Taiwan osnifset* able, it would be necessary to ase b% steamers. Mr Schmitt'a Beqpeaaa. Responding, Mr Schmitt Said thatift was a pleasure to be back Ik Chart* church, where afew yenm'ago : lived for some considerable time. It wss pleasing to know that the Canterbury. Chamber of ChmtqMKtft ai tto Canterbury Manufactnrers' As*»h|ha ; were shortly to meet in tnftnßCt as» after, ail, the aims of both bodies wwe ' the same—to-mate the Dominion bwm prosperous. 1 . Mr.Schmitt went on to state that last year Dyttoltan exported to tralia produce to the vahn of and imported from that country gooda valued -at £440,000. It. wonld be Ma aim to turn the balance the other way. During the last tea years the valve of the imports to the Deminie* hw Au9tralia was aad Ik* value of the exports from New Ss»> land to the Commonwealth was 000, the balance in fmar of iMtatfl tktu. tonelfiXMMjlMk'— • Sfchmitt . wmt» 11 ' the Schmitt said that <3 'p«r -eenfc' fif Hh* tourists who esjatotsf tifrlMiWMwW 1 from Awfaealiv | United Kingdom, and f per the | v"J seen that fhetnsefaMi it ewftpafMfc traffic had been builfc Bp tralia. • . p ; New Zealand was a pockst edition «C the whole v worid in scenery. Mt. ffpsart ''was like WtQa&tyml and Fax Glaciers were similar to' ciers in other countries, Zealand scenicreaorts wk as she Wfcl> . tomo Cayss and Aadk-wn incomparable. ■ A-gcod r WM»y : *Wu*rt*, ( , who came-id New Zealand InM lot at Auckland and bewwebigger steaxirars. called tit Hmm t ports. The South Island waa to, we*. ; had an imjproved aenriee, bnt thin tad been held np, ; oivsßg Jtym «C the Manuka. Hawever,lit was hoped that the would be the pom* ft inducing more 4fptndi«w to iJMteKto.-.ri Dominion, coming first to <W ; tftwrfb ... .. ■> , ¥» Proceeding, Mr Schmitt said •IM i thqra were several name why countries should .work tflfegbmr. Saeidt waa interdependent on $aM was a BrittshDoaiinloa, nrifbtwbbfec contiguous to any foreign exported the same kinds of/«od««a»» - I aaj both had been devskfnd to « hqi extent by the use of British although there was a " considenlijte amount of New Zealand aWMqr 'lnvested in Australia *w| vks'vfm. They were closely associated is jifritl to finance,.a good number of ttM-fcsHßka and insurance companies eper*flSsir ,: ie Australia also being established to Star Zealand. When Australian wool - was sold in London the fnndswere avaftsMe i for New Zealand and later la ■ '(tit season our funds were available Star them. Mr Schmitt added that' fhry* were also close' relations between *Hw two eonntries in the matter ef sf«HL