VISITOR'S IMPRESSIONS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 12, 7 October 1937, Page 7

VISITOR'S IMPRESSIONS

"Preap Asiociation.)

- - F • ■*> * » — 2 — Cojnpliment fsii to NZ Business Ability NEED FOR POPULATION

(By Teletrapfc*

WELLINGTON, L&gt Night. Before leavlpg foy the porth fco* day, Maxwell MeMaster, of _ New "Yorjt, prenidont of the Amerman Exporters and Importer? Awociallon apd a membep of the National Foreign Trade' Council of Ainerica, wlio spent two »0Cth» Ibl Auptmlia and has beon iu Kew Zealand nearly a inonlh, paid a high coropUment to thp busjnpss ability and integrity of N§w Zealandera, He had nothing but prnise for New Zealand apd its people, Jjia only critieism being the need for grpater population. On the political eide there was nothing Ra wanted to say, but be would say that America was very interested in tbe preeejjt experjment out here in the management of the country 's affairs, and was watching it very closely, His experience had been that in the United States the people were far more mtereBted in New Zealand politically

and in every other wa y than the people out here had any idoa of, jutjging from coaversatioos witji leading inen be had met m JSIew Zealaiid. *'¥pu have n, marvellon? country, with marvellous opportunities for a fcappy lifo," he said. (f yuyr business nien 1 have found fp be ap extfemely hne typo of citizen. Tbey are ghrewd but honest, and lin@ traders." paid he was partieuJarly impressed vYith the llne quaiity of voung mauhqod in b0sicesa iu fcitT/ Zealppd, apd hp thougfet that that. gpyhe well for the future. They wero bullding up tbejr busiijcsses toi tho future good of ^lew Zpaland, and tbcir i'amilies. What wp§ Vttnted wos population. 4you have gst pjeuty of rocin i'or it and a uiarYOlJous oppjriuuity fojr yp ipproaHed population," he adtlcd.