N.Z.'S TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 148, 10 July 1937, Page 5

N.Z.'S TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA

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(Received 10, 8.45 a.iri.) MELBOURNB, July 9. Speaking af the operiing the new offices of the New Zealaud Govefnment iri Melbourne to-day, the Minister of Customs, Mr. T. W. White, said if the expofted winnirigs of New Zealand racehorses in Australia Were prit alongside the tnerchandise figlires, New Zealand would have little -catise to seek a fttrther lfevelling of the tfade position. "Iri thfe trade between the two countfies £67,000 is tepresented by the export to Australia of live horses. 'Live' is the eofrect Wofd/1' said Mr. White, "for New Zealand horses were neithef slow nor dead." Speaking morfe serioixsiy, iii etnphasising the value of cfe-opferation, Mr. Whitfe said that trade bfetween New Zfealand arid Austfalia was imptoving every year. The AUstfaliaii Goveminent always felt that tfade between the Dominions should be as free as possible. "NoW 93 per Cent# of NeW Zealand gjoods are admitted to Australia duty ffee. There is a little row about fruit and vegetables, but it is mere nothihg and will adjUst itself," Tbe Vietorial Chief Secretary, Mr. Bailey, said that the yisits to New Zealand of three Viotonan Ministers wefe not pleasure jaunts. They had been made with the object of 6tUdying New Zealand coriditioris and copying features which were in advanco of nlethOdsi ih Victofiri. The New Zealand Trade Commissioner, Mr. Taylor, and the representative af Melboufhfe, Mr. Malcolm, welcomed many guests.