CANADA-AND NEW ZEALAND.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 10

CANADA-AND NEW ZEALAND.

: V , ; 1 V PROSPECTS OF TRADE. BENEFIT OF- THE PAdIFIC CAkliE. < *' (BY TEI.EGJt'AriI—PIIESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, March 19. The Canadian Commissioner in Sydney, Mr. J. S. iiarl;o,.who is at present, on a visit to Auckland, addressed a representative meeting of'commercial men at the Chamber, of , Commerce this afternoon on , the subjcct of trade between the two Dominions. 1 Trade, ho said, must Ivavo. cable communication. There wcro those who said the Pacific cablo was riot'a rreat success, but no resident of these parts should be guilty of suclv a remark. This service had given Australasia a bettor and; cheaper communication' in every way. "We in Canada have not got much out of it," said Mr. Larke,. " and. yet you in Australia and New Zealand aro saving about £30,000 a. year'through this cable." He referred to the deficit on tho service and the laying aside of a sum of £25,000 a year for a now line, and predicted that in five years'. time. the« service would bo ' paying handsomely. Up : to the present, it had accomplished what its promoters desired —Bri-tish-owned, cables to all parts of the British Empire, and tho cheapening of-rates. : ,' Despite tho . fact' that.. Canada' offered special duties in favour of New Zealand, trade .was not increasing rapidly, though this was not due to a lack ot appreciation of dach • other's goods by any means. . ' There was, lie said, a good market, at each ,' end for either country s products.'. The difficulty was that of cheap and easy' transportation; "Why do you not send more cheese and butter to Canada?" he asked. '.' You liavo not the facilities to take to Canada tho very things wo want. Then,' again, .your wooljj flax, kauri gum, arid skins are all used on the eastern side of Canada,-and, remember, your time of production is our:tinie of consumption. You should look to your Government to give you 'additional facilities.' 7 . .Mr. Larke referred, to tile difficulty'/experienced in getting transport :by rail' from Vancouver owing to the great crush of business, on: the single ,line, existing. The -prohibitive freight.-.at times, meant'a "roundabout way of getting- there,"' mid -this miglit bo responsible for an additional id. on wool, or 18s. a ton oil flax. They must have trade on the easiest and cheapest lines, and it was the duty of the Governments to provide this.