TRADE AND TRAVEL

Evening Post, Issue 66, 15 September 1936, Page 11

TRADE AND TRAVEL

A LONDON VISITOR

"SEE HOW THE PEOPLE LIVE"

"Trade and travel go together. It is ■■* impossible to have travel unless we have trade," said the Hon. F. Lang- , stone, Minister in charge of the',Tour- ■ Ist and Publicity Department, today, • at a meeting of the Wellington Travel '•' Club, at which a welcome was given v to Mr. John Morgan, special representative of the "Daily Herald," London. ■ Mr. Morgan is a guest of the Government, and is writing articles on New Zealand. ' v -■J The economic and social well-being ' of New Zealand were so closely allied '~ and linked up with Great Britain that '- those present wpuld pardon him if he possibly talked more of trade than of travel, said'Mr, Langstone. Great Bri--1 tain was our greatest market. We ' might talk.about trade,with the East ,«,with its teeming millions,; but that trade was not a circumstance compared ' with our trade with Great Britain, We ' had identity of interest with the. Old. ' Land, and we were bound together with ties of blood. Through our trade with England we oould do a tremendous amount to bring about better understanding, and that would mean the bringing of more people from Home to this country. The Minister of Finance had been good enough to give the Tourist and Publicity Department about\£ 18,000 extra to spend this year on the>-»ctivi-ties of the Department, especially in connection with Britain and Australia, particularly the former. Mr. Morgan was connected with a newspapor which had a daily circulation,of two and a ■ quarter millions. When he returned Home, Mr. Morgan would no doubt.be ' an enthusiastic advocate of the iin--1 terests of New. Zealand. Our wonderful trade with Britain could not, of course, be a one-way trade. We must ■> say to Great Britain, "You will help very largely to keep our farms' busy, and we will buy back from yoiii and : help to keep your' factories, bu£y."..: ' GIFTS FOR FRIENDS AT HOME. ■ The Minister of Finance was going • to England in a few weeks time, and Mr. Langstone said he was looking ' toxward to what could be- done to . W; rease our trade and tourist traffic, ft »re was nothing like being practiiai;, "There were many people in- New Zealand'who had relatives in the aomeland, and the Minister said'he ■ was trying to get the assistance of the Post Office in carrying out a system which would no doubt help greatly to increase the volume of exports of our primary products to Great Britain. Under that scheme anyone in New Zealand would be able to go to any p^ost office in this country and pay in : a small sum of money to pay for the delivery of an article of New Zealand produce in England—such pro- - duce as lamb, apples, honey, etc. One of the trade boards at Home would ■ see'that the article was delivered to •■• the'person named. That would mean that the relative at Home of a person * in New Zealand would thus receive . his' Christmas leg of lamb, or gift of fruit sent;from New Zealand. BECOMING ACQUAINTED. In reply, Mr. Morgan said he would speak a little of how the traveller felt on coming to a new land and what the traveller was looking for.' In preparation for his work in England, some ten years -ago he came to New Zealand and took up farming at Waikanae, and among other things, he supplied milk to Wellington. He wanted to find out how that industry was conducted. He subsequently joined a butter factory to . see how that industry was worked. He then returned to England, and had sirvce visited various countries in * Europe, also Canada, the United States, 1 and South Africa. . Mr. Morgan related some interesting ■ experiences of his travels in those lands. He assured his hearers that the ,- visitor to a new land as a rule wished :; fp become acquainted with the people '. and their mode of .life. In the case I of. visitors from Britain to New* Zeat 'land, while they enjoyed the scenic i beauties of this country they were ' pleased to receive a hearty welcome ; from the people here and to visit their ■ homes and observe how they lived. So f when New Zealanders visited the '; Home Land, he strongly urged them to ■ get away from London and visit the ' country districts of England and Scot- ? land, and meet many of the people per- '■' son ally. The meeting was held in the Palm 1 Lounge of the Hotel St. George, which I was crowded. Mr. G. G. Stewart ' presided. Songs were contributed by r Miss Florence Penney and Miss Doris ' Black. Mrs. C. Macdonald was accom- .' panist.