DOMINION’S TRADE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12887, 13 June 1936, Page 5

DOMINION’S TRADE

MARKETING OF DAIRY PRODUCE MR. NASH’S VISIT TO ENGLAND. MAY NOT LEAVE TILL OCTOBER DURATION OF STAY NOT TO BE RESTRICTED. WILL TRY TO ARRANGE TRAD 11 AGREEMENT. (Press Association) • WELLINGTON, June 12. Thero is little likelihood of the Minister of Finance (Mr. Nash) leaving for England before October, according to a statement made in an interview to-night by the Prime Minister. Mr. Nash will be making the trip prnicipally as Minister of Marketing to arrange for tho distribution in Great Britain of the Dominion’s dairy exports under the Government’s marketing scheme and also to discuss general trade matters and, if possible,.to negotiate a trade agreement with Great'Britain. “Our aim is to have tho Budget ready for presentation ns soon as possible after tho House of Representatives resumes on July 21,” Mr. Savage said. “Mr. Nash naturally will Handle the Financial Statement and he will also pilot through the House a Bill giving effect to tho Govornraent’s policy ior a general .readjustment of mortgages. Before his departure. ho will naturally wish to see that the machinery of’ the new Department of Marketing is operating satisfactorily and it does not seem that it will ho possible for him to leave before October. “No time limit of a few weeks will he placed on the duration of Mr. Nash’s stay in England. There are big problems to he tackled arid, to my mind, Mr Nash should rrmaiat in England until satisfactory solutions have Been found. I expect Be will still Bo in England-when I arrive in London next May for the Coronation arid the Imperial, Conference.”