NEW ZEALAND’S TRADE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10410, 25 July 1912, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND’S TRADE.

At the meeting of North Canterbury Farmers’ Union, Mr Leodloy, in supporting the of Mr T. Mackenzie as High missiouer. fa Id tbs time has arrived. and more than arrived, when they should have in Lrndon a gentleman representing the Doml “*°? who was thoroughly in touch with the producers of the Dominion, an of their requirements. It had hee unfortunate for the nt i B . it had been represented by a gsatle man who, on account °* Shad;, been unable to give thcS attenT tlon to his duties that their ahoe demanded. Mr Mackenzie the requirements aa no other man could possibly know them, having had experience at the London end for tree or four years aa representative of the Associated. Co-operative Societies of New Zealand. He thonght that it was of the very first Importance that they should seize the opportunity with botn handstand secure the services of a gentleman eminently fitted to fill the position. He predicted for New Zealand in the next few years such a period of prosperity and advancement as had never been seen before. Their trade was only just beginning to open up, and the Dominion’s produce was only beginning to be popular by communities that appreciate? a high standard of quality. The development of the Dominion’s trade was going to create such a strong demand i lor articles that the New Zealand farmer oonld supply such as bad never been experienced before. He referred to the possibilities of trade with Germany and with the Eastern States of America when the Panama Canal was opened in two or three years’ time. In conseqnenoe of these developments, he predicted that the Dominion’s exportable wealth would increase by leaps and bounds, and added that with a safe and secure land system and the settlement of the North Island native lands, the Dominion exports were going to extend to a degree “that we wot not of.” They did not want aa High Commissioner a figure-head, a man strutting about in a Windsor nnifprm attending Oonrt levees, but a man capable of beeping |hia hand on the pulse of trade, and who knew what the Dominion’s capabilities were. He heartily endorsed the proposition of the Chairman, (Applause.)