NEW CALEDONIA
LOOKING TO DOMINION AUCKLAND, February 22. Blocked out of Australia by recent developments and by a tariff Wall New Caledonia is looking to New Zealand to see if there are possibilities for trade here, says Aliss IJ. Aliller, of Auckland University College who has just return ed from a holiday there. The island must have Hour, butter, sugar and cheese, and New Zealand can supply at least, two of those commodities. Hitherto New Caledonia had dealt with the Commonwealth, said Miss Miller, but they were being blocked by a hostile tariff and by the depression in Australia. When Aliss Miller went there she 'hanged her Australian money for fra ties and in return for £1 she received I Of) francs. That was in December When she came away just recently the rate had fallen to 9 francs per £l. MINERALS AND FRUIT. The island is rich in minerals of many kinds and produces fruit of all descriptions. Recently its market for the latter in Australia was blocked owing to the stipulation from the Commonwealth that each fruit must bear a stem and two leaves. In France ,Aliss Aliller said New Caledonian coffee is supposed to he the best obtainable. 1
The difficulty, she stated, was for the finance to develop the country. Under the French colonial system all officials were appointed from France, consequently they did not look upon the islands as their home and spent as little money there as possible. The result was obvious. j TRADE RELATIONS. •SOUGHT.
.Members of the House of Representtives had asked Miss Miller whether it ■was possible for better trade relations to exist between New Zealand and Now C'aldonia. On their part they were very anxious that it should be so, as it might mean their salvation. They were struggling hard against overwhelming odds and were prepared to do anything which might ameliorate the position. They would send a boat to New Zealand via Norfolk Island with produce from New Caledonia if given any prospects of lining able to dispose of their produce.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1931, Page 8
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