BELGIUM AND NEW ZEALAND
TRADE POSSIBILITIES DISCUSSED. WELLINGTON, January 19. The Consul-general for Belgium in Australasia, M. Segaert, this afternoon discussed future trade prospects of New Zealand with prominent business men at a special meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. With the strengthening of the sympathetic feeling towards his country since the war, he said ho thought there would be a considerable increase of trade in the future. Since the armistice the Belgian Government had erected large cold storage accommodation, and many inquiries were being received as to the possibilities of trade with New Zealand. Belgium was importing hides, phormium teiiax, wool, etc., in fair quantities, and he- thought hi a country’s goods had a fair chance of being appreciated in the New Zealand market. Belgium had only partly resumed her prewar activities, and the most interesting commodities she could offer were basic slag, glassware, iron, steel, electrical machinery’, and paper. Mr It. W. Dalton. British Trade Commissioner, said the sentiment towards Belgium in the dominion was very strong. M. Segaert now had an opportunity of developing trade that had never presented itself in the past.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3489, 25 January 1921, Page 8
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