TRADE WITH CANADA

Waipa Post, Volume 49, Issue 3555, 8 December 1934, Page 6

TRADE WITH CANADA

NEW ZEALAND'S SHARE. In the view of the Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, P.C., a former Prime Minister of Canada, who was a through passenger to San Francisco by the Maunganui after having represented Canada at the Melbourne Centenary celebrations, there is insufficient recognition both in Australia and New Zealand of the fact that Canada is indirectly a very large buyer of the wool produced in the two southern Dominions. In lan interview with a Post reporter on his arrival from Sydney, Mr Meighen pointed out that Canada bought up to 5)5 per cent, of her imported textiles from Great Britain, and in those goods Australian and New Zealand wool was the biggest item. It tappeared to be the impression in Australia and in New Zealand that the trade balances were in Canada's favour, but little or no account Was taken of the wool in the tremendous amount of textiles impoqted from the Mother Country. If the) position was not shown in the returns, at least it should be appreciated by the people of Australia and New Zealand. Moreover, since the Ottawa Conference Canada had been taking two and a half times as much of New Zealand goods as she had taken prior to that time. The most cordial relations existed between the Governments of Canada and New Zealand, Mr Meighen continued, and the Canadian authorities were always ready to enter into friendly discussions on trade matters. Mr Meighen emphasised that Canada h/ad no discriminatory tariff against the products of these southern Dominions. New Zealand and Australia were treated in exactly the same way as Britain, and if New Zealand gave preference to Great' Britain additional to that lately in effect, it might be of tremendous disadvantage to Canada.