TRADE DELEGATION
REGRET VOICED AT FAILURE OF ITS MISSION. '(Australian Press Association.) (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE December 8. Regret that the New Zealand ministerial trade delegation was unable to achieve the object of its mission was expressed at a .function arranged for the entertainment of the delegates by the New Zealand Association at Melbourne. The chairman (Mr L. L. Beeson) said Australia missed something worth while when she denied herself New Zealand potatoes, and added that the New Zealand Association was proposing to institute a drive for relief funds for the flood victims. The Hon. J. G. Coates said their visit; was' disappointing, but the conference ended with the utmost goodwill. He added that things were improving in New Zealand, and this year a surplus was expected. With reasonable opportunity for exports th e load of taxation would be. lightened. New Zealand was glad of its < proximity to Australia, because, in times of stress, many Australian ex- , ports were very necessary';
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1934, Page 5
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