GENERAL PAU'S REPORT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13906, 6 November 1919, Page 5

GENERAL PAU'S REPORT.

[Bv Er.ECTRIC TELEGRAPH—CoPTRinnT.] Per Press Association. (Atts. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Ifec-eivcd Xovember (j, at 9.40 a.m. LONDON, November 3. General Pau's mission report- ac-know-ledge's the cordiality of X-ew Zealand's reception and hospitality. It says that the- war enabled Xew Zealanders and Frenchmen to know and admire each other, and the development of commercial relations which was mutually desired would bo the most practical method of establishing permanent friendship. Commerce follows the flag, but it should be efyially true that commerce follows the banner of interAllied victory. New Zealand may readily become the exporter of products to France and likewise a buyer of French manufacturers. Direct shipping facilities are a necessity, a . fact which the Germans fully realised, and are still difficult, but the mission recommends the appointment of a commercial representative in Xew Zealand to encourage trade to the mutual advantage of the two countries.