TRADE WITH THE EAST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 12

TRADE WITH THE EAST.

MARKETS IN JAPAN. NEW ZEALAND TEXTILES. DIRECT SHIPPING SERVICE. After an extensive tour through tho North Island Mr. J. Watanabe, a Japanese shipping' representative, left for Sydney by tlio Ulimuroa yesterday. In an interview Mr. Watanabo said the purpose of his tour was to supervise the inauguration of a Japanese shipping service to New Zealand. Dominion exporters appeared to realise that if the products ot primary industries wero to bo absorbed new' territory had to bo opened up to keep pace with tho steadily increasing output, and, liko Americans, it was on tho Far East that their thoughts rightly centred. China and Japan provided ft potential market for textiles and New Zealand was capable of supplying materials of exceptional worth, which were at present unknown in tho East.

Mr. Watanabe stressed the value of " personal contact " in international commerce and said that although correspondence might bring eventual results it was a slow process and not as effective as direct representation. A direct shipping route to Japan should be of benefit to New Zealand exporters, especially as it was intended to provide a carrying service second to none, bv using modern oil-burning vessels constructed for speed and safe stowage.