TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81912, 29 December 1906, Page 2

TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA

It would ah!i":ir. i'roni tlie I'emai'ks made to a Wellington "Post, report or !i> llse lion. W. Kidstoii, Premier of tyueenslan.l. who is en a short holidav vi-it lo (he eolonw that Sir j. Ward ha.- scored oj)' tlie (iovenimeni In Hie mallei' (if the reciprocal treaty between South Africa ;il'd New Zealand. At all events, .Mr K.idslon is afraid that Mr Deakin and Ids have been caught iKijtpin.tr. aud tiiat South Australia ahd New Smih Wales sltoidd have li'ot tli<' trade tliat Xew /eahmd is now likelv lo olitaim There has been, acec.rdit\e: to Mr KMstou. a jrood deal of trad.' iietwcrn Australia and South Africa >in<-" the t"rmina< i<>i. of the war. lie t.itai lh" Au>tra!iaa Saito. h 'V;- i-o aaiiiority to interfere in iNea! ir-ni.ter.-',

!l i.-- -.al"'! i there i.-5 evi-rv pro---ji.M i. ni' tie- ileveliijtiiient of a. very hn;:e and iniiiortant irade between ihe two nmnlrie-. li is tliat before the Xew Year is well advanced an inlhiential Anjilo-African eoinnany will make a bid for the trade by running a regular service to tli-' colony, while there io borne talk of another company entering the field with rieuuicrij of udeiiuatu carrying capacity.