MR NASH VISITS BERLIN

Southland Times, Issue 23199, 14 May 1937, Page 12

MR NASH VISITS BERLIN

N.Z. GOODS NEEDED IN GERMANY

A TRADE AGREEMENT DISCUSSED

(From Our Correspondent) LONDON, April 19. The Minister of Finance and Marketing (the Hon. Walter Nash) and members of the New Zealand delegation arrived in Berlin on Saturday morning. The party was met at the station by Dr K H. Ruter, of the German Foreign Office, and Mr G. W. Clinkard, Trade Commissioner for New Zealand in Europe. During the morning, Mr Nash received several callers, discussed the trade procedure between the United Kingdom and Germany with the United Kingdom Trade Counsellor . and the Financial Counsellor to the British Embassy, and called on the British Charge d’Affaires in Berlin, Mr Ogilvie Forbes. An informal luncheon at the Adlon Hotel was tendered to the New Zealand delegation by the German Foreign Office to meet representatives of the German Ministries, including the Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In welcoming Mr Nash, the Foreign Office representative said they were glad to have the opportunity of further discussing the principles of a possible trade agreement between New Zealand and Germany. They knew that New Zealand had goods which Germany needed, and they would welcome an agreement on a reciprocal basis. Trade Arrangements

Mr Nash, in a brief reply, said that New Zealand, as with the United Kingdom, had a high regard for Ihe German people, and hoped that it would be possible to assist the peace of the world by the co-operation of Germany with the other nations, and this objective could be brought closer by the extension of trade arrangements between the various countries. During the afternoon discussions were initiated between the New Zealand delegates and the German representatives, and-the procedure followed by Germany in organizing its external trade was explained and discussed, as was the objective of the New Zealand Government to achieve beneficial results by reciprocal trade arrangements with European and other countries. About the foodstuffs of the Dominion, providing the United Kingdom market was satisfied, it was explained that the development of New Zealand could only be continued by making its surplus resources, particularly in foodstuffs, available to other countries through trade with reciprocity as its foundation. World Dairy Conference

Sunday morning was spent by the Minister in discussing with the general secretary of the Berlin Dairy Exhibition the forthcoming World Dairy Conference, of which New Zealand will be a member, in inspecting the building for the exhibition, and in examining all aspects of the proposed dairy produce quality exhibition. Mr Nash inspected in the afternoon the stadium for the Olympic Games 1936, and expressed his pleasure at seeing Lovelock’s name inscribed on the side of the stadium entrance. The inscription reads:—“lsoo m. Lauf (runner) Lovelock, Neuseeland” (New Zealand).

The Minister later visited a camp of workmen who were engaged in the building of the huge motor roads now being constructed in accordance with the 4500 mile network of main highways planned for Germany. About 1000 miles of roads have already been completed.