BUSY MINISTER.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 404, 10 April 1937, Page 2

BUSY MINISTER.

MR. NASH IN LONDON. ' Discussions on Trade, Special. —By Air Mail. London, March 19. Trade discussions with the British Government have occupied: much of the time of the Minister of Finance and Marketing, the Hon. Walter Nash, thi,s week. In the past five days the Minister has made no fewer than four visits to the Dominions Office, Downing Street. The Latvian Minister in London, who is greatly interested in the handling of dairy produce, called on Mr Nash on Monday to discuss and gain some information upon New Zealand's marketing methods. Latvia, like the Dominion, has adopted a guaranteed price system for dairy produce. The Minister extended a cordial invitation to Mr Nash to visit Latvia if the time at his disposal permitted. During the afternoon Mr Nash con ferred with the London representative of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, Mr R. S. Forsyth, and the London manager of the New Zealand dairy sales division, Mr H. E Davis, andi discussed details of the proposed trade agreement with the United Kingdom. Mr Nash Was entertained at dinner by the secretary of the Empire Parliamentary Association, Sir Howard d’E'gville, at the Houses of Parliament, and later addressed the Commonwealth group of the British Labour party. The Minister spoke sn Neu 1 Zealand's attitude towards international questions and towards I suggestions made for the reform of i the League of Nations. [. The Minister’s enga.gemepts. for I Tuesday included' another visit to he Dominions' Office for a chiefs of staff sub-committee discussion of Empire subjects. Mr Nath attended a reception by 'fthc Fabian Society in the evening, -fft a short address the Minister spoke of the worth-while research that had been done by the society in the half century it had been established, and, in particular, praised the

work of Lord Passfield (Mr Sidney Webb), Mr Bernard Shaw and the other founders of the movement. The butter packing factory of Messrs Lovell and Christmas, one of ;he firms handling Now' Zealand produce in the United Kingdom, was inspected by Mr Nash in Wednesday. This' mas followed by another conference at the Dominions Office. In -he evening the Minster was the guest of the Goldsmiths’ Company, one of the old London companies, at a dinner held in the poldsmiths’ Hall. The toast to the visitors was responded to by Mr Nash. The freedom of the borough of Ramsgate was? conferred upon the High Commissioner, Mr W. J. Jordan, yesterday. In accompanying the High Commissioner Mr and Mrs Nash returned a compliment paid t« them by Mr and Mrs Jordan, who attended the ceremony at which the ireedom of the borough of Kidderminster was conferred upon Mr Nash. The Minister was occupied to-day at the House of Commons With discussions upon .general trade matters. In addition he attended the funeral service tor the late Sir Austen. Chamberlain at St. Margaret’s, Westminster. The Minister lunched as the guest of Mr H. G. Welk andi Mr David Low, the New Zealand cartoonist whose work has brought him fame in the United Kingdom, Europe and'the United States.