TRADE COMMISSIONER

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 348, 1 May 1935, Page 6

TRADE COMMISSIONER

NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVE IN EUROPE

Press Association —Copyright Wellington, April 30

The Hon. R. Masters, Minister of Industries and Commerce, announced today that Cabinet has approved the appointment of a New Zealand trade commissioner on the Continent of Lurope. Though the location of his office has not been finally determined, it is at present proposed that the trade commissioner when appointed will make his headquarters at Brussels. • This decision, the Minister said, represented a further step in the Government’s policy of definitely proceeding to exploit the development of new markets. He was convinced the vast population of industrial Europe must be regarded as one of New Zealand’s natural markets. The central location of the new commissioner’s office should enable him to keep in touch with such important buyers as Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and, perhaps to lesser extent, with Spain, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia and northern European countries. It would be part of the duty of the trade commissioner 1 to see that New Zealand exporters were kept fully informed and, wherever possible, assisted in overcoming the restrictive provisions of European trading and financial laws. The commissioner would also act as New Zealand representative in the development of tourist traffic.