TRADE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
* DISCUSSIONS IN LONDON An indication that trade treaties with several foreign countries are now in negotiation was given by the Acting-Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates) when he replied to a question at Opawa on Saturday night. A man asked Mr Coates to explain why a member of the Legislative Council had been permitted to enter Cabinet, and why he had been included in the New Zealand delegation to the World Economic Conference. "It has been the custom to have members of the council in Cabinet, well, ever since we had Parliament," replied Mr Coates, recalling several Ministers who had been appointed in these circumstances. "As for Mr Masters going Home," he went on, 'he is Minister for Industries and Commerce, and it was felt that such an important branch of the Government's activities should get into contact with overseas governments and traders. "Already by consultation with the consuls at this end and through Mr Masters's efforts at the World Conference we have important matters in hand. They do not necessarily affect the tariff, but they certainly affect our exchange of commodities with other countries. We felt we could not miss any opportunity of opening up new avenues of trade."
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20957, 11 September 1933, Page 10
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