NEW ZEALAND HOUSE

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 April 1937, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND HOUSE

LORD BLEDISLOE’S CRITICISM

[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] (Received April 16, noon.), LONDON, April 15.

Mrs. Jordan, in the presence of a representative gathering at New Zealand House, officially opened the apple season of 1937. Lord Bledisloe, looking at the crowd crammed in the foyer, expressed the opinion that the Government might consider acquiring a larger building, since it was obvious that the present one was too small for the growing importance of New Zealand. He warned Empire producers that if they wanted to capture the United Kingdom market they must concentrate on uniformity in addition to quality. He instanced New Zealand baconers .at Smithfield, shown on April. 13, which experts considered were not properly fed and were undersized.

MR. NASH’S TOUR.

LONDON, April 15.

Mr. Nash has decided to utilise the interval before Mr. Savage’s arrival, to visit Russia and Germany, to discuss direct reciprocal trade New Zealand. He will go to Berlin accompanied by two of his staff,- on April 16. He has already made contact with representatives of Russia and Germany in London. In addition to investigating trade, he will study the economic and administrative activities in both countries. He will return to London about May 1.

OBLIGATIONS MET. LONDON, April 14. Proposing the toast of the Lord Mayor and the Corporation of London at a dinner of the Worshipful Company of Paviours, Mr. W. J. J°j ,(1 un said that New Zealand was grateful for London’s past assistance. “We have emerged from the depression and have met our liabilities here fully and without concession and we shall continue to do so,” he said. “Our finances are buoyant and the Budget shows record revenue. We are pleased that our securities stand high on the Stock Exchange. New Zealand has kept, and will keep, its agreements.

BEAVERBROOK PRESS. WELLINGTON, April 16. Replying to Mr. Fraser, Mr. Doidge says the Minister does not instance a single achievement by Mr. Nash in London, in refutation of his (Doidge s) charge that the mission is a failure. Mr. Nash went home full of good intentions and spectacular promises of trade pacts. He has been away for five and a-half months, and even Mi. Fraser does not claim there is anything to show for it. It is not unreasonable to suggest it is about time Mr. Nash came home. Referring to the attack on the Beaverbrook press, Mr. Doidge reminds Mr Fraser of recent criticisms by “The Economist” and “Financial Times," and of English press reaction when Mr. Savage bounced the ball and talked of debt repudiation. Mr. Doidge points out that Mr Baldwin's attack on the Beaverbrook press was, the result of his opposition to Lord Beaverbrook’s Empire economic unity policy. It was at the height of a by-election in St. George’s that Mr. Baldwin delivered his attack, which he has long regretted. _______