TRADE WITH CANADA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20967, 2 September 1931, Page 10

TRADE WITH CANADA.

ATTITUDE OF GOVERNMENTS READY FOR NEGOTIATIONS.I NO FURTHER MOVE MAlJff [BT TELEGBAPir.—press ASSOCTAnoxfIt WELLINGTON, 2ho matter of the Canadian trsde nation was raised in the House of fiPl scntatives this evening, when tSie tS W. Downie Stewart (Reform-DuneS West) asked -if there had been my 1»M ; 1 developments. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon ®| W. Forbes, said all the cablegrams J % the subject h.id been published. Ne* 1 Zealand was quit willing to open nejll tiations but there, was no indication thai I the Canadian Government was similarf* 1 disposed. New ■ Zealand had shoPtl throughout a greater disposition to exam. 1 ine the position than had the. Canadian"-1 Government. Ho stated that tha balanc, 1 of trade had been substantially in favota I of Canada, but the cablegrams had shown I little appreciation of tha.t fact. VALUE OF AGREEMENTS. LEADING ENGINEER'S OPINION, MONTREAL, Augmt 31, Sir Alexander Gibb, a British consult, ing engineer, who has been commj v sioned by the Canadian Government to" report on Canada's harbours, in an inter, view to-day said Canada's pi'ogreain and active policy in Empire trade of framing agreements with Australia, Ua ' West Indies and South Africa, even though she might have to wait for a tariff agreement with Britain, was very sound. 'ijc* " The trouble is cot vdth you here fit I Canada," he said. "It is with as in * Britain. I mean thai ve musi have i tariff, and it is coining. "After this National Government there will be an election. A Conservative Government will come in, and we shall i have a tariff. Then we can tiilk about 0 Empire trade." Sir Alexander Gibb is consulting engito the Admiralty for the Singapore naval base. He is head of one of the largest engineering firms in the woHd, which has carried out very Ltrge contracts in all parts of the wo:-la. For some time he was Directcr of Civil Engi. neering to the Ministry of Transport.