TRADE TO EAST.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 367, 23 February 1937, Page 5

TRADE TO EAST.

New Shipping Service Soon To Commence.

Press Association—Copyright. Auckland, Last Night

Arrangements for the extension to New Zealand of the’Royal Packet ■Navigation Company’s service from Dutch East Indie® and Singapore liave been finalised by Mr A. Baxter, s g?neral manager for'the .company in ’Australia and, Nqwf Zealand, who;will leave Auckland by the Awatea. > -The direct service will be started ■bi? the new motor-vessel Maetsuyck,j?r. nffiich will sail in April. Commenting on the prospects of the service, Mr Bakker said tin: in addition to sugar fairly substantial export trade in other lines war l carried on from the -Dutch East- Indies to New Zealand. The Dominion regularly imported sisal-and kapok as ■well ns some minor li-net, such as tinned pineapples, cotfe<- and 'He war satisfied th*t this trade capable of development “i have also investigated , export posoiblliti-’s from New Zealand,” Mr Bakker continued, "end I am convinced that here, too, there is considerable scope -fe-r-. vpansion."