N.Z. FOURTH LARGEST TEA CONSUMER

Chronicle (Levin), 12 June 1947, Page 6

N.Z. FOURTH LARGEST TEA CONSUMER

press Association

By Telegravh-

AUGKLAND, June 10. A direct braneh of the International Tea Market Expausion Board will be formed in New Zeaiand by. Mr. B. B.' Williams, Tea GommissiQiier of, Australia and ,New Zeaiand, and this deputy commissioner, Mr. IO A. iH} Bddtl, botli of whom urrived at AucMau3i 'bq^tlie •flying boat. .. Mji'-keadj -'wh£b lAfi-atli Englishman, wl|l ' b^Atat-ionqg in-v^ql-lington. He sUwl th^;board s|i.t ih!'|Lb1h' jdon and !from. the' .teav'|pi-qdu!ifing:i.edunt)ties.' ] llti had an^MI DominipnS ahW ib' 'platjefs* oh; jh^ ' Go4|inent. -lik* fabctipfl ^sr^nerally |to &ee •that lihefe'?was„,no •svast^e/and fe'keep, consumeijs Hnf pr iaed of ■thfc; lalesl ldevelopments- in tea inakingi. '-'.it i;i; j Suppliee.qfitesi'^dr ;thfe;^orld iriatk^ts were comiU'g! f iroM: Indid,; Geylbn and ' to A smaller degreeftonj EastrAfrica, said 'Mr. Eead. ' As' a'VesulU of the Japanese occupation and political unrest, there was almost no cultivation of tea in the Dutch East Indifes at present, with the result that world ;supplies Were 170,000,000 lbs a year leps than in the pre-war years. The present production was only sufficient to maintain supplies within the world rationing systems. New Zeaiand was the fourth largest tea consumer in the world said Mr. Read. He did not think domestic consumers would have many problems about the best use of their tea ration but the establishment of an office in Wellington might assist industrial users. He referred to the use of a speeial vessel which would minimise the waste of tea when making tea in large quantities for factory workers at their daily rest periods. 1 An invention in England that might have domestic possibilities in New Zeaiand, was an alarm clock which woke a consumer up at a set time when the tea was made.