Delegation
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Suva Body Invites N.Z. Trade Delegation
From Our Own Correspondent.
Auckland, July 28.
FOLLOWING recent references by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce to the decline in trade between N.Z. and Fiji, a suggestion has been made by the Suva chamber that a small trade dele gation should visit Fiji to study trade conditions and requirements.
The establishment of various local in dustries in Fiji and the inabilitv of New Zealand to compete with Australia in the supply of certain goods were among the factors to which the decline in trade was attributed. Other reasons were the rise in costs of production in the Dominion, the removal in 1932 of-preferential tariffs on New Zealand goods, and shipping difficulties.