TRADE WITH JAVA

Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1930, Page 12

TRADE WITH JAVA

DOMINION’S PROSPECTS. RETIRED 'BANKER’S VIEWS, The absence of a direct steamer service is robbing New Zealand of a considerable market for her primary products in Java, according to Mr. A. Meyboom, a retired bank manager of Batavia, who arrived at Auckland by the Manama on a holiday visit. ‘’At present any New Zealand goods sent to Jay - have to be transhipped at Sydney,’ he said. “Failing the establishment of a direct steamer service, if you could adjust the transhipment rates so that freights would not be so heavy, you would be able to compete with Australia, which at present exports fairly considerable quantities of butter, fl° ur ' , f f o ' zen meat and fresh fruit to the Dutch East Indies.” . Mr. Mevboom has resided in Java for 34 years. He mentioned that a regular weekly air service between Batavia and Amsterdam had recently been inaugurated, aeroplanes carrying mails making the trip in nine days. The pilot who inaugurated the regular service was Mr. A. Van Dyk, who held the distinction of having flown the Atlantic with Kingsford Smith. -• Mr. Meyboom, who is accompanied bv" his wife and two daughters, intends spending about a month in New Zealand, visiting the various tourist resorts.