TRADE WITH ISLANDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17392, 12 February 1920, Page 5

TRADE WITH ISLANDS.

■ - —; —. ♦ THE NEED FOR EXPANSION, ;| (■• -.'. : .-V- ,-,■',*'•.•-'■ . ;. -i-- -.. .' .»•■■ -- :.■.*■•;•.--«'•< GOVERNMENT: INVESTIGATION* . COMMISSIONERS SELECTED. i [BY TEMGSAra.—OWN COESESPONDENT.] y." 1 ,k WELIJNGTON, Wednesday. *- : " 3 ? ';'lt is announced that two Trade.Com- ;" '% % missioners, Messrs. , ; George ' ' Elliot, of *■? f . Auckland, and B. W. .Pearson, of Timaru, ' : -% i wjU proceed with the Parliamentary party to Samoa, They have been appointed by ;• , the Government to investigate the trade \ ; , of ffie Islands, with the special object of . suggesting methods of expanding the trade . between New Zealand on the one hand $' » and : Samoa, Fiji, and other, islands on ' i the other hand. They will study the situa- . i tion for themselves, and will also confer — [ with,representatives of th&iAdministra. . toons'in Samoa and Fiji. "* f .<■-.. , a k generally recognised that New Zea-' i , lands trade with the islands of the Pacifio . , has been "seriously hampered iin recent- / . years by the shortage of shipping, and tins , factor may. account .to.a large. extent for > the. decline that.has been But • i there are other factors at work, and the :, commissioners will .attempt, to gather all i *ne_ information that is available. ■'» •■' '-' ■"' . .J? 6 * *® Squire into the fruit - frade, - ; ' with special reference to shipping difficult : ' toes, and will see how far the failure of : . •: ■ ■New Zealand <: to.'^^ provide a. market for copra ? hampers trade with the Dominion, '&\ fcome copra used to come to New Zealand •: for. re-export, but the shipping shortage . interfered seriously with this trade. ■<■'■ '■■■ ■ *V.'v."V. i-i-^v-''■■.:.';.■. .;-■■■ ■■:■ -•» #TV".'