OTTAWA RESULTS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1932, Page 4

OTTAWA RESULTS

BENEFIT TO N.Z. PREMIER EXPRESSES OPINION 1 ■ . -1.." ■ CHRISTCHURCH- September 16. New Zealand will obtain considerable benefits from the Ottawa agreements, said the Prime Minister at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce last evening. When the text of the agreements was known, he udd.ed, lie thought it would been seen that what the New Zealand delegates had done wa, s reasonable, and that they had not been responsible for allying whatever that would put the secondary industries in a position there they would hot be able 'to carry on.

The Conference was one of. the greatest events in the life of the British Empire, because the matter of, trade improvefnent within the ,Empire had "been discussed and important agreements had been reached New Zealand’s goodwill had been a great asset and the agreements reached,had been satisfactory to Great Britain. New Zealand had gone a long way along the road before the Conference, and was not called upon to go further, They had many creditable secondary industries which were of great value to the country. They realised that fully when faced with the unemployment problem ,and saw how these in« dus'tries could provide employment fp l ’ the people. In the past ■ tariffs and embargoes ihad placed coun-j tries in a parlous position and they w had to’ realise that barriers .preventing the free flow of trade had, to a, large extent, been responsible, for. the present position. The best brains' in the world would be at work to see how the free flow? of trade which was known in the past could be restored. The first step had been taken at Ottawa; it was a long step and stood as a lead to the world. To his mind it was one of the most hopeful things for the future. :