CANADIAN TRADE.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10740, 10 November 1928, Page 5

CANADIAN TRADE.

POSSIBLE DIRECT STEAMER WITH NEW ZEALAND

LUMBER MERCHANTS KEEN ON BUSINESS POSSIBILITIES United Press Assn, by El. Tel. CopyriSbf . (Australian Press Association.! (Received Nov. 9. 11.25 p.m.) MONTREAL, Nov. 9. An Ottawa dispatch to the Gazette says the Minister for Trade, Mr Malcolm, will leave for Vancouver -next-week- to examine the„po§s«dk-~ ties of direct steamship service be- , tween Western Canada, Australia*, and ‘New Zealand, and also to examine the advisability of subsidising a service to the west coast of South America. It is believed that trade of these countries will be substantially increased. British Columbia lumber merchants feel that they could secure a larger share of Australian business if Canadian national steamships would restore the direct service forixierly piven between Vancouver, .and the Antipodes, especially as there is a possibility of a trade agreement between Canada and Australia being extended. At tlie present time, lumber interests in the Washington, Oregon and California States have an advantage over British Columbia lumber men by reason of better steamship sendee, and the Australian tariff, which favors the redwood of California against British Columbia cedar.