TRADE CONDITIONS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10715, 8 October 1920, Page 5

TRADE CONDITIONS

OUTLOOK FOE, AUSTRALIA. POST-WAR READJUSTMENTS, Australian and N.Z. Cablft Association! (fieceived October. 7, 0.0 . p.m.j :...;... LONDON, October 6. , Mr,McGregor, Australian-Trade .Conimfssjqnei;,, has. completed his.. tour.'of the. industrial centres. In an interview with the Australian Press,, he said,- bjo found manifested in Australian trade conditions, particularly; the development of manufacture,, which was, not regarded as «a menace to British trade, but as a welsign of tie, growth of a young nation tending.eventually to increased commercial relations with the MotherMany inquiries were made as to. tjxQ : Australian labour, questioners o'ut that manufacture, on n^odijr^. lines .with'out* reasonable, laboui was almost ~, Mr .McGregor, found Bradford syror pathetically; in'tfrested. in Sterliiig .Taylors Australian, wool, manufacturing jschjeip'e, and. was some., crjttelsjh.' r lii, was-., difficult for Bradford ,tq t appreciate, the., driving force behind the.,. Australian .proposals.., It. was, also probably difficult for Australians., to understand- the difucultics and corn* plexities of woollen manufacture. Mr McGregor was gratified with the impro.vGineht._iri the works, organisation and. equipment of--British industries, dwhjg the, past few years. Tlie outstanding feature at present was the unrest and irritability,: which was the outcome.of, the war. Some, little time elapse- before readjiistments were made. Meanwhile powerful efforts .Rould ; haveto be made to place industries, ori a, sound, economical basis. He urge's, oversea?; friends to exer-< cise patience, with the generally non< con'imim.icatiyjs, , manufacturers who '\vp.re grappling; with many difficulties, ' Mr McGregor sails for Melbourne on October 29th. Mr Milne, late Australian Commis. sioner, has returnod from Cuba- and joined permanent headquarters in Lon. don. ' ..---