TRADE DIVERSIONS
The task of replying to the toast of the guests on behalf of the 'consular corps at the annual dinner of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce last evening" fell to Mr. Lowell C. Pinkerton, • Consul-General for the United States of America. His remarks were brief. H« recalled the story of a gentleman who confessed that he did not know what to talk about. "Talk about two seconds and sit down," came a voice from the back of the hall. Mr. Pinkerton almost followed the advice. The duty of consular representatives, he said, was. to do air they could to encourage trade between the nations. It had been said that God made the channels of trade and man made the diversions. The task of a consul was to stop the diversions.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 58, 10 March 1938, Page 7
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132TRADE DIVERSIONS Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 58, 10 March 1938, Page 7
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