MISSION TO LONDON

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 220, 13 June 1936, Page 10

MISSION TO LONDON

Important Tasks For Hon. W. Nash SEVERAL MONTHS IN ENGLAND There is. little likelihood of the Minister of Finance, Hon. W. Nash, leaving for England before October, according to a statement made in an interview last night by the Primo Minister Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage. Mr. Nash will make the trip principally as Minister of Marketing, to arrange for tbe distribution in Great Britain of the Dominion’s dairy exports under the Government's marketing scheme, and also to discuss general trade matters and if possible to negotiate a trade agreement with Great Britain. “Our aim is to have the Budget ready for representation as soon as possible after the House of Representatives resumes on July 21,” Mr. Savage said "Mr. Nash, naturally, will handle the Financial Statement, and he will also pilot through the House the Bill giving effect to the Government’s policy for the 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 placed 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 he will still be in England when I arrive n London next Miay for the coronation of tbe King and tbe Imperial Conference.”

Mr. Harry Atkinson. Commissioner of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, and Registrar of Copyright, h aR been appointed by the Government to be the New Zealand delegate to the fort booming interuaHonal copyright conference, which is to lie held in Brussels. He will leave for Europe toward the middle of next mouth.