MR. NASH IN CANADA

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 150, 13 July 1937, Page 6

MR. NASH IN CANADA

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NeW Trade Agreement Discussed REPLACES 1932 TREATYi

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r~~ NEW YORK, July 11. i * The Ottawa correspondent of the Neul York Times says Ganada and New Zea^ land have apparently achieved thd draft of a new trade agreement to tplace that signed in 1932. Mr. Walter Nash conferred during the week-end with the Canadian Mini^i s.ter of Trade and Commerce (Mr. •D. Euler), and when Mr. Nash departed^ Jto-day for Washington, it was admxtted 'that a tentative outline of the new, : agreement had been achieved and wouldj jbe submitted to the Dominion Governn jments. The details are not announced, but id ]is understood the old treaty has beeni broadened in order to increase trades both ways. Hitherto New Zealand! ' complained that her purchases fromf i Ganada were double her saies to Canadaj » but the Canadians countered with thej aTgument that Canada buys much more! from New Zealand than is shown in thej returns because she buys via Britainj and the United States. : Mr. Nash also conferred with Sirj Edward Beatty regarding the subsidisa-j • tion of an improved gteamship servicej between Canada and New Zealand. « : Yesterday Mr. Walter Nash left "for| Washington after three days spent in endeavouring to complete details of aj possible trade " agreement with the] Canadian Government. The/time wasj less than anticipated as the vessefi. was] delayed by fog and icebergs off New-' foundland. *' Arriv'ing at Quebec late on Thursday, Mr. Nash was met by Mr. J. W. Collins, New Zealand Trade and Tourist Com* missioner, leaving early on Friday i oi: Montreal and Ottawa, accompanied by returning members of the Canadian Coronation and Conferen.ee delegAtion— Messrs. W. L. Mackenzie King, C. Dun« ning and E. Lapointe— -with whom Mr. Nash had preliminary talks. . At Ottawa Mr. Nash inter viewed Sirj Edward Beatty (managing-director of { the Canadian Pacifie Railway Company, which with the Union Company own thei C. and A. Line), who had eome feomi Montreal for the interview. It will be recalled that Sir Edwardi recently visited England to discuss withl the Conference Shipping Committee thd position of the C. and A. Line in the! Paeifie. Mr. Nash, as chairman of thisj • committee, has to keep other interested! members of the Commonwealth ac-> quainted with developments. Late on Friday afternoon Mr. Nashj discussed with Mr; W. D. Euler (Minia* ter of Trade and Commerce) proposaisj which Mr. Nash had formulated) t Prosent were the interested Canadian De4 partments, also Mr. Collins and Mr. W^ J. Stevenson, of the New Zealandj Customs Department, and members Mr. Nash's staff. In the evening Mr. Mackenzie King: and Cabinet honoured Mr. Nash at aj dinner. Proposing Mr. Nash's. health^ Mr. Mackenzie King said thafno onej from the Dominions was better knowni or held in higher esteem at the Imperial Conference. f At 10.30 p.m. Mr. Nash broadcast f or 15 minutes over the national network] , on New Zealand and recent develop-, ments there. In the succeeding 24; hours, Tequests * were received from all[* over Canada for copies of the speech.: The Broadcasting CoTporation had' made an electrical transcription, so itj was possible to make it available forj the'Press and others. All day Saturday was spent in coni tinuing the discussions with the Cana4 dian Ministers on the further develop^l ment Of trade relations between Nqw' Zealand and Canada. ' In the evening Mr. Nash drove toi Dr. Diamond Jenness' country home on! Gatineau river. It will be remembereci that Dr.f Jenness, who is a New Zeat lander and attended Wellington Collega with Mr. H. G. R. Mason, Minister of • Justice, was with Stefansson at the North Pole for three years from 1913 and was one of the few English-speakj ing people not knowing the war was 0114 Dr. Jenness is head of the anthropological section of' Canada's National Miiseum and recently has been honoured by a docforate cf the University of New' Zealand. Sunday morning was spent by Mrw Nash and the officials in ' draf ting de-f tails of the tentative decisions for a possible agreement between Canada and1 Now Zealand. Before leaving for Washington, Messrs. Nash and Collini lunchcd with Mr. Mackenzie Kiug,