REGULAR SHIPPING
A TRADING ESSENTIAL. CONNECTION WITH EAST. MINISTER’S MAIN EFFORT. iFer Press Association.— Copyright. }. I DUNEDIN, This Day. The need for the development of better shipping services before new markets could be opened up overseas was emphasised by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. R. Masters, in the course of an interview.
Mr Masters said at present he was not concentrating., on the development of new markets so much as on negotiations for better facilities to carry trade. It was not sound business to appoint a trade commissioner and endeavour to improve contracts before a continuity of supply could be assured. Increased trade overseas could only be achieved on the basis of a regular shipping service in competitive freight rates.
“At present,” said Mr Masters, “I am concentrating the whole of my efforts on securing a satisfactory shipping connection with the East. If possible, it is my desire to arrange for calls at the four chief New Zealand ports and at Java, Hongkong, Shanghai, Japan, and also at the Philippines.” It was obvious that a satisfactory freight service had to be established before any new development could be made in trade. As a result of the present conditions, producers were labouring under a great disadvantage, and he hoped that a scheme would be formulated which would realise his ideals and extend the present markets of the Dominion.
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Northern Advocate, 26 July 1935, Page 4
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