AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

Grey River Argus, 13 January 1927, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

PREMIER’S ACTIVITY. IN CANADA. VANCOUVER, January 11. “Canada must buy more Australian goods or the preferential Irmle agre ’ ment with Australia, which is altogether ill Canada’s favour, cannot <on tinue,” declared Mr Bruce on his ar rival here to-day. Numerous interviews with Canadiai business men on questions of aetu.i trading operations between Canada a n Australia, wherein Mr Bruce was alili to remove wrong conceptions and ten der practical advice, have reviled il" question of an Australian Trade Com missioner to Canada. Mr Bruce is impressed by 1 lie inc that Canada has twenty-four trad Commissioners throughout the worl< whom the Canadian Government <-.>i Sider amply justified by the augment ed trade resulting from their actiyit leHe has announced his intention oi < <>’ sidering immediately upon his the appointment of an Australian .’.(■< Commissioner for Canada. 1 Representatives of the associate fruitgrowers of British Columbia h . terviewed Mr Brnc.e, and said that tin-. , would like to see the Australian till, growers capture the Canadian fru> I market, which is now dominated bs tl 1 ' American growers. The growers woul 1 also like to see the Australian embarg ■ against Canadian apples lifted. a Mr Bruce replied that the whol ; question of trade must be examined r lative to equalising the general ba ance, Australia, however, wished to tn: ’ ther any scheme to augment, the Hopf goods between both countries. >