EXPANSION OF EAST

Evening Star, Issue 21231, 12 October 1932, Page 10

EXPANSION OF EAST

MODERN EUROPEANISED CITIES TRADE CHANGES GO A-BEGGING [Special to tue ’ Star.’] AUCKLAND, October 11. Impressed by tbe expansion of tbe cities of Japan along European lines, and the possibilities of New Zealand trade with the East. Mr J. R. M‘Kenzie, the owner of a chain of departmental stores, and one of the dominion’s leading sportsmen, returned from a four-months’ visit to the East by the Zealandia this morning. He was accompanied by .Mrs M'Kenzie. Mentioning that it was thirteen years since be bad been last in the East, Mr M’Kenzie said lie had been struck by the development of the big cities. The vessel be sailed in from Brisbane carried 1,000 bales of wool. Last year Japan, which was Australia’s best customer (next to Great Britain), imported 640.000 bales of wool from the Commonwealth. The buildings of the East wore of modern European architecture, and there were many department stores, conducted on the same lines as in the West. European customs in food and dress were widely adopted, and it was noticeable that the Japanese frequented hotels and restaurants where European food was provided. He considered that opportunities for finding markets for our primary products in Japan were being ncgleclcd, and lie thought New Zealand should be represented (here, j either by the Government or by a producers’ representative. I