TWO-WAY TRAIE ADVOCATED

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21903, 2 October 1936, Page 10

TWO-WAY TRAIE ADVOCATED

Dominion V j Britain . BILATERAL AGREEMENT j URGED (PUSS 4SSOCUTIO* T*USO**St.) AUCKLAND, October 1. . * New Zealand is now exporting per cent, more butter to the United Kingdom than is Denmark. The United Kingdom is purchasing twice as much New Zealand cheese as Canadian cheese. New * supplying 40 per cent, of Britain < nork requirements, and is in an outstanding position as the larg£st porter of lamb and mutton to. the H These 1 facts' were quoted by Mr William Gcodfellow his content-on that ; _ t |r; must have a bilateral trade agree, ment with the Mother Counay. and must purchase corresponding:y greater quantities of British geode as her exports expanded. Mr Goodfellow was vote of thanks to Sir Richard Lin* former Agent-General for Vic- . toria in London, who tnj ■ Chamber of Commerce. Sir Rich am Linton ii making . a ; mission to Australia and New Zea-, SJS, on behalf of a powerfui group of English industrialists. Sir Richard urged; the great importance of the Ottawa agreements to the D-mm-ions and S the necessity for a continuation of that agreement m prefer vSg the prosperity of these countries. There was a very real sentiment in the Old Country toward tee D:minions, he said, and theßßr- t tish housewife was fully aware that in the Dominions the food that was. required by the Mother Country was being produced by th.ir Br.tish kith and kin. Yet he was convinced that though he. had taken full advantage of the Ottawa agreement the Dominions had not scratched more than the surface of their trade prospects in' the United. Kingdom. . “If we believe in reciprocity as A people,” he said, “we must support a two-way traffic between England and the Dominions.” Sir Richard Linton referred to the pioblem of shipping, and the difficulties that frere experienced, by companies in getting full car* goes back to New Zealand after exporting New Zealand's produce. There had been a considerable talk of subsidies for British shipping .to the Dominions. Actually, the shipping companies would be reluctant to accept subsidies as such:- -All that they wanted was sufficient traffic to make their services payable. " '. * .