GERMAN TRADE IN THE PACIFIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1477, 25 November 1915, Page 4

GERMAN TRADE IN THE PACIFIC.

The question of German trade in the Pacific was the subject of further representations by Mr E. Anderson, president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, to the Prime Minister during the latter’s visit to the North. Mr Anderson stated to a Herald reporter on Saturday that he had interviewed the Prime Minister regarding the operations of the large Hamburg firm commonly known as theD.H. and P.G. “While fully appreciating the improvement made b> the appointment of a receiver to take over the company’s affairs in Samoa,” said Mr Anderson, “I regret that the position in Tonga is apparently unchanged. The Auckland Chamber of Commerce has all along been aware that the question ot enemy trading in Tonga is a matter for the Imperial authorities to deal with, and in its communications with the Prime Minister, the chamber has merely suggested that the New Zealand Government, or preferably the Dominion and the Commonwealth Governments, should forcibly place the position before the Imperial authorities. We can only hope that our efforts in the matter may be the means of bringing about a change in the policy, which, in the opinion of my chamber, has been and continues to be tolerant almost to the point of absurdity.”