SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE MISSION
“Selling Only Object Of Visit” <WZ Press Assoctattom __ WELLINGTON. May 7. "They are coming simply to sell things. They are not here to negotiate with the Government,” said a departmental official when asked the purpose of the three-man South African trade delegation due in Wellington this week. "They will survey the New Zealand market for various South African goods. They have been touring Asia, coming down through Bangkok. Singapore. Borneo. Australia and now New Zealand. Mainly they want to meet business people to try to introduce their goods to them.”
During its two days in Wellington the party will pay a courtesy call on the Minister of Overseas Trade (Mr Marshall). They will also meet Government officials for informal discussions and explanation* of New Zealand’s system of tariffs and import licensing. The leader of the party it
Mr I. G. Fleming, a company director, a former president of the South African Federated Chamber of Industries, a director of the Reserve Bank and a director of the South African Iron and Steel Corporation. With him is Mr F. W. Waring, a grain and produce broker, and a former member of Parliament, and Mr E. D Andrews, director of export promotion, Department of Commerce and Industries, Pretoria.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29507, 8 May 1961, Page 5
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