AUSTRALIA & N.Z.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17121, 16 April 1921, Page 7

AUSTR ALIA & N.Z.

"THE TIMES" SPECIAL SUPPLE-

MENT.

(prom our own correspondent.)

LONDON, February 24. There lias just been issued from -he office of "The Times" ail Australian and New Zealand section of the Imperial and Foreign Trade Supplement,■.which should prove of great value in enlightening the people of this country as to the industrial progress and possibilities of the Commonwealth and the Dominion. The publication,, which is somewhat after the 'form' of the New Zealand, Christmas annuals,, contains 36 j pages of advertisements especially connected with Australasia, while the letterpress and illustrations cover some 28 pages. The Australian Government has availed itself of the .front cover for a handsome coloured advertisement, while the JNew Zealand Government's advertisement on the back cover is none the less strain" The central feature of this advertisement is the richly-hfled Dominionflag, which is surmounted by Zealand coat-of-arms, while beneath the flag is a rural scene separated from a seascape by the map of the Dominion. All the literary contributions in One New Zealand section have bc-en written by New Zealanders in London, though all appear anonymously except, one under the signature of Sir James Allen, and one dealing with minerals by professor Bickerton. - Taken as a. whole, they probably form the most up-to-date collection of articles dealing with the development and resources oi the country which'are at present available. lne subjects cover •&* wide range, all the principal industries being ; adequately dealt with, while Banking and Finance, Inland Transport, Sea Link* with the World's Ports,, New Zealand's Prosperity, Harbour Facilities,- and the Now Eleotncal Era are the headings of other articles. Illustrations deal mainly witn farming and industrial subjects, .though Glenordhv, Otago Harbour, Lyttelton Harbour, and a panorama of Chria,tchurch, including Cathedral.square,, are also effective prints. ' _ In the leading columns of. Thp Times" Trade Supplement attention is drawn to the special publication, anrl the writer points the way m which closer intercourse may be achieved jetween the various parts of the Empire. "Perhaps the most important means, he says, "is the improvement and cheapening of mail services ' and snipping facilities, passengers and freight. In this respect-there has been a marked deterioration as the result of the war, and the restoration of ocean • services, to -at least their pre-war standard » ft matter in which finy delay is to be deplored. The _ reintroduction of penny postage" is also very deairaMn. There is room,: too, .for greater effort to understand one another's point of view, particularly in regard to industrial development and migration problems. , - Advice to British Manufacturers. "The determination of Australia and New Zealand to develop manufacturing industries fls rapidly as their resources will permit is ndf prompted by the, desire to become self-contained merely - for the sake of flattering tfceir own amour propre. To a very large extent it is on expression, of the instinct of selfpreservation. British manufacturers will therefore be well advised to realise tMs, and-to adopt the wiser course, of assisting, .this process of ' development, and participating in, it, by eatabiistii n? branch factories . whenever conditions permit,, j . ' .. ' 'They' a great deal by improving the facilities for : overseas students to acquire engineering and workshoptraimng in -thTa country. -It is perhaps not sufficiently realised, that •it costs the student from the Antipodes' a large sum to travel ,to England, and if, in addition, he-is to be charged a heavy; premium .and only' a few shillings, a week—too little,: in fact, to cover the rent of .his room—he is likely to decide to acquire liis training in the United States, which offers far greater inducements. In that event American firms can > count on securing orders which-might, very well have come to this country. ; if a more enlightened policy had oeen followed. Jfeight Kind of Publicity. . • "Last, but by no means least, must be mentioned the value of the right kind of publicity,.in keeping the partner 'States of the Empire in touch withuone another. The more each State knows of its fellows, Jhe closer will be the bond of sympathy and understanding between them. "The special Australian and New Zealand Section, with its Comprehensive survey of the great primary industries, and the more recently established manufacturing activities of those States, will, we hope, help to lift the veil and reveal the great advance that has been made.. Both these Dominions are merely on the . threshold of their industrial development, hut the new cW has begun, and it is the path of wisdom to do all in pur pdwer to assist a process which is inevitable in any case, and will add to the security and prosperity not only! of the two States immediately concerned, but also of the entire structure bf whidh they form part."