MRS ROOSEVELT

Grey River Argus, 23 September 1943, Page 4

MRS ROOSEVELT

Expects Post-war Trade WITH N.Z. AND AUSTRALIA. (Rec. 11.10.) NEW YORK, Sept. 22. Tne “New York Times’s’’ Honolulu correspondent says; Mrs. Roosevelt told a press conference in Honolulu she made seventeen island stops exclusive of New Zealand and Australia; and covered 27,780 miles in ninety-seven flying hours. She expressed the opinion that New Zealand and Australia are far ahead of America in their post-war legislation. Mrs. Roosevelt said: “The war is changing the entire industrial life of New Zealand and Australia. The effect of this will be felt after the war, wnen the cordial relationship between the Americans and the New Zealanders and Australians will naturally result in post-war alliances with these countries, particularly of the commercial and trade character..’’