ATTRACTIVE N.Z.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1938, Page 26

ATTRACTIVE N.Z.

ENTHUSIASTIC VISITOR

BUSINESS MEN PRAISED

The attractions of New Zealand and its people are not waning for Mr. L. H. Frankle, of Johannesburg, though his fourth extensive visit to the Dominion is now drawing to a close. Mr. Frankle, who is accompanied by his wife, daughter, and his mother, leaves by the Awatea tomorrow on his return to South Africa.

From his visits, lasting some months,! Mr. Frankle has gathered some very definite ideas about New Zealand. He refused to be drawn into detailed comparisons between the Dominion and other countries in. which he does business, but summed up his enthusiasm for New Zealand by saying that whereas in some countries he completed his business as quickly as possible and got out, in New Zealand he was satisfied to let his visits stretch out into three or four months. NEW ZEALAND INVENTIONS. Mr. Frankle is a member of a South African group of business men concerned with the marketing of newlypatented inventions. He has found New Zealand a fruitful field and on his present visit acquired the rights of an invention which he considers of great vak^and importance. The visitor, who is a former Springbok —Soccer, not Rugby—had rather a unique tribute for New Zealand business men. "I am pleased to do business with them," said Mr. Frankle. "They are very fair. They do not want the earth and are satisfied with a fair margin of profit. I have always found that I have got a fair deal from them." He also commented that business seemed to him to be better now than it was when he visited New Zealand sixteen months ago. New Zealand hospitality he described as unique, the people going out of their way to help the visitor. "They would have killed me with kindness if I had allowed them to do so," he said. South Africa was the "only country in the world" for the young man with ambition, said Mr. Frankle. "We have the money and we are expanding all the time. Johannesburg is the most modern city in the world. We have been spending millions on new buildings for the last five years. The j end of our prosperity does not appear to be in sight, as experts have predicted that the gold mines, on which our prosperity is based, will last for another 100 years. I have come across a large number of New Zealanders, chiefly tradesmen, in South Africa, and they are making good money. GERMAN COLONIES. "Germany won't ever get back her former colonies from South Africa," said Mr. Frankle in reply to a question. South Africa did not want Germany on her borders again, he said. Dealing with defensive measures in South Africa he said that one scheme which was meeting with' particular success was the "Special Battalion." Under this scheme 1000 men were given military training for a year and then found positions in civilian life. Business men found the trainees an excellent type and the country benefited by having a trained reserve.

Mr. Frankle was a little caustic about New Zealand trains, not so much on the grounds of their speed as their lack of modern comforts. The idea of stopping every now and again for a cup of tea seemed to him to be ridiculous. He instanced the JohannesburgPretoria 8.5.. a.m.'train, which travel-