SEEKING TRADE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20096, 1 May 1935, Page 6

SEEKING TRADE

COMMISSIONER FOR EUROPE CABINET’S DECISION By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, April 30. The Hon. R. Masters, M.L.C., Minister of Industries and Commerce, announced to-day that the Cabinet had approved the appointment of a New Zealand Trade Commissioner on the Continent of Europe. Though the location of the office had not been finally determined, it was at present proposed that the Trade Commissioner, when appointed, should make his headquarters in 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 that 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 a lesser extent, with Spain. Italy, Austria, Czecho-Slovakia and northern European countries. It would be a part of the duty of the Trade Commissioner 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.