HELPING RECOVERY

Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1946, Page 8

HELPING RECOVERY

-Press Association

! BRITAIN'S EXPORT TRADE

! By Telegrapli-

A I'CKLAA JD, .\Iaivii I). I 'J'lie magnificent gesture of Camula in oft'eriug a loan of £2S1 ,()()>,()()() to Eritaui avus a further demonstrution of /Empire solidarity and came at a timo | wheu Imperkil prefereuce meant St, ; niuch to Empire developmont, said tht | Leader of the Opposition ( AI r. S. (1. j Llollaml) in au interview tliis moniing. { Ifaving lif|uidated her London debt, ! Canada was in a diil'erent position i from New Zealand 's, i\I r. 1-] oi land add I ed, Imt lie was wre it would be the gen eral wish of the people of tliis country to make every ront rilmtion in their pow er to aid Britain's recoverv. Hritain, he j added, lived by her trade, and her re coverv was dependent on lier abilitv to recover her export business, but New Zealand would never be able to help by locking out goods tlmt Britain could supplv, niany of whidi could 11 0 1 lie ])rodueed here. " It seems to me that the greatest help New Zealand can give Britain at this time is to do what Britain has asked, and that is to help her recover her trade. Britain is virtuallv our onlv market for the greater part of our total export^, and it is vital that there | niust be two-way trade oetween us,." ; s:\id Mr. Holland. "The whole crux of ! our future prosperitv depends, as .Mr. F. I*. Walsh has at iast urged, 011 in creased production*. It is the height ot niadness to thiak we can succeed by re ducing the hours of work and produc tion of goods and a poHcy that results 1 111 reduced r>rodu"tion is a lnghly dan gerous one. "