THE TRADE COMMISSIONER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10626, 3 May 1912, Page 4

THE TRADE COMMISSIONER.

Ma- W. <3. WicLlhaon, the Ccmmissio'nor la.ppoin<b:d by tihe BritMi Beard of Trade, rrrovtd in Qjprstohurcili on Monday evening, after -visiting Invertlairgil), Dmnedin, Oamaru, Timaru, Teanuika, and Ashburton. Asked hy a "Rreps" reporter as. to whether 'lns fohjeot was understc«xl and appreciated, Mr lWi.ckilia.m answei-ed tlhwt he Ifeared- in many cases it was not. -He had met many wlio held the idea that (lie wa&,af}i official of the New Zealand \Govrenimeint, and a fftrnv othens who (believed that he was the representative ci sen:© tc-minerfial concern. He wrished it made-clear that he,was neither ; he was a ,cbmu:c'.«.ioner appointed by the British' Board of Trade to report to it -tclicliioig trade w:'th the iDbmiMon, and he was responsible to into other body. Asked as to whether he had noticed any fivffemice between •dondittions an. .no-Jicenee and license •towms, the icornniksioner sai'.d that in JnvercargiH hie ;h)ad IVmnd trade conditions gootl. The great difference thad been iin hotel 'acco.mmodatkm, .■wihiich was Ibad. .On. the other hand, he- would gay that one could expect but.little for" tine prices ohatrged. The suggestion (lie wmrld nuake wtould be itihkut those in charge .slioukl mkQ< thtt'-r fees and provide more. To his mind 'foil? wouTd be a pleasant change 'to the travdlier.