MINISTER'S VISIT TO ENGLAND

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21808, 13 June 1936, Page 16

MINISTER'S VISIT TO ENGLAND

♦ ! HON. WALTER NASH TO MAKE LONG STAY j t IN LIKELY TO LEAVE N.Z. BEFORE OCTOBER I [From Our Parliamentary Reporter] 1 | WELLINGTON, June 12. | There is little likelihood of the | Minister for Finance (the Hon. W. ;Nash) leaving for England before October, according to a statement made in an interview to-night by the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage). Mr Nash will be making the trip principally as Min- ' ister for Marketing, to arrange for the distribution in Great Britain of ! the Dominion’s dairy exports under j the Government’s marketing scheme, | and also to discuss general trade | matters and to negotiate for a tx*ade ' agreement with Great Britain. | “Our aim is to have the budget i ready for presentation as soon as i possible after the House of Repre--1 resumes on July 21,” Mr | Savage said. “Mr Nash naturally I will handle the financial statement, | and he will also pilot through the House the bill giving effect to the Government’s policy for a general readjustment of mortgages. Before his departure, he will naturally wish to see that the machinery of the new Department of Marketing is operating satisfactorily, and it does not seem that it will be possible for him to leave before October. • “No time limit of a few weeks will be paced on the duration of Mr Nash’s stay in England. There are big problems to be tackled, and to my mind Mr Nash should remain in England until satisfactory solutions have been found. I expect that he will still be in England when I arrive in London next May for the Coronation and the Imperial Conference.”