'Well Worth While'

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 178, 14 August 1937, Page 4

'Well Worth While'

-Press Association.)

MR. NASH'S TOUR Results oi Immediate and Future Beneiit "SOLID PROGRESS" MADE

(By Telegrapb-

AUCKLAND, Last Night. The New Zealand Herald requested the Minister of Finance, the Hon. W. J^ash. aboard the Mataroa, to forward a message to the people of New Zealand on the eve of his return from England. Mr Nash has sent the following radio message in reply: "My visit to the Old Country has been well worth while. I left from Auckland with many questions uusettled and a great deal of work to be done. 1 am returning to Auckland knowing the answers to most of those questions and knowing that all Gie work that it has been humanly tmssible to complete has been compleced, "The negotiations in the United Kingdom, the investigations made and the diseussions with other eountries will yield results that will not only be of immediate practical and economic benefit to New Zealand, but will provide us with material which will help us to build a better life for all New Zealanders. I have with. me exhaustive reports on economic, social and administrative life in England, which are of concern to New Zealand. "What ar»> our marketing problems in England? Our publicity problems? Our cxuestions of Imperial relations? All aspects of these and other questions have been fully explored. This, of course, is in addition to tlie. negptiation of trade agreements. As to my visit to the United Kingdom, it began' at the British Government's request before Christmas time. My negotiations were interrupted by the abdication procedure and Christmas holldays, but in spite of unavoidable interruptions of this nature, the negotiations made solid progress. I shall have more to say on this later. "The position in regard to Tasman shippingi, Tasman, airways, Paeifie shipping and Paicfic airways is to some extent already known. Negotiations in connection with these have not been without their difficultes, but the results are of enormous importance to New Zealand. depending as slie does, perhaps more than !any other country, on outside communication. "Tho question of national healthinsurance and national superannuation is one which has had attention, both in the United Kingdom and in New Zealand. I am hoping that New Zealand will bo able to build a system superior to tbat in any other country. There is much work to be done, but' I am confident that it can be done.," Scenes of EnthusiaSm. There were scqnes of enthusiasm at the wharf when the Mataroa berthed and an official welcome was given by the Harbour Board. The chairman, the Hon. T. Bloodworth, said they were confident that if success of the missioh was possible Mr Nash, was the one to aehieve it. The Prime Minister said that Mr Nash had put New Zealand on the map in Britain and w.as the right man in the right place. He would later have the opportunity of stating what he had achieved. Mr Savage said they were going to do their job. and the ship of state would not be allowed to 'drift on the rocks, where they faund it in 1935. Mr Nash paid a tribute to the staff who accompanied him on his mission. Britain was still the hoineland, he said, but there they had a Government detormined to alter things. They in New Zealand hoped to carry out the things they set out to do. A civic reeeption will be tendered to Mr Savage and Mr Nash in the Town Hall this evening.