BRITISH EYES & OUR DOINGS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1199, 7 August 1911, Page 8

BRITISH EYES & OUR DOINGS.

MAINLY DAIRYING. Interviewed when . passing through CJiristchurcli 011 his way to' Wellington from' Dunediu, Mr. \V. Jt\ Crichlon, of Manchester, ex-lion, secretary to the British Committee of Butter Importers, said thiit New Zealand dairy produce would compete under more favourable condition; wjtli tho production of Continental nations if a regular supply all tho year xound could be arranged, lie stated that at presentwhere only a season's trade is possible, buyers are c'-HnpeH-rxl to .'stock the poods of New Zealand's competitors for several months'of the year, and that when ihe colonial butter arrives buyers can - only be tempted to cliango by cheaper prices.

He recommended the introduction of ■wjntcr dairying,' and miotc:i Ihe. «'•« of Denmark, Sivcdan, and '['inland, where t.lie sijpply of, feed is so arranged that the industry is in full swing all the year. Mew Zealand butter from tho best factories, lie said, was as pood as any Danish butter, and the low prices realised la.st year for colonial butter on the London market were explained, by the abnormal in.qroaso in Iho exports and prejudice against frozen produce jionorally. Donmark, being only tv.'O days' jeurnr.-y 'at most- from England. wa; in a far loiter position to attract the altenlicm of (lie London buyers than 2Cew Zealand, many thousands 0/ miles from the mark?!. jf ( VoWver, the shipment.-, were sild immf;dihtnl.v on arrival in London, instead of Jieinj stored by speculators fov market, rmnipulaitm. the baiter would have a Letter name all over Britain,'and would (rradua'.ly command n. Letter pk'iee. The deterioration which arose in cases' of storage of any length did fjreat harm to the reputation of tlic lnitter.'

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