POST-WAR TRADE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18116, 5 June 1919, Page 5

POST-WAR TRADE.

BRITAIN’S UNPREPAREDNESS. A REPLY TO NEW . ZEALAND COMPLAINTS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Beater’s Telegrams. , (Received June 4, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 22. The “Board of Trade Journal,” refaring to New Zealand oomplaints reSiirding the ' unsatisfactory nature of ritish manufacturers’ replies to New Zealand agents’ inquiries after the armistice as to how they intended to prosecute post-war trade, emphasises the fact that Britain was turned industrially inside down by the war. The Journal asks how British manufacturers coilld, in the icircfumstaiices, specify conditions of post-war trade when tho supply and prices of materials, amount and cost of labour, shipping accommodation and freights, were all unknown and not calculable. Tlie Journal adds: “It is unjust to conclude therefore that British manufacturers are indifferent to the New Zealand . market and not appreciative of New Zealand conditions.” .