TRADE WITH HULL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1635, 31 December 1912, Page 5

TRADE WITH HULL.

, MISSION UEGE3 CIAIMS OF THE PORT. : >■-.■-' i-(By telegraph.-rcesa Asaoclatlon.) [ ■ December 80. A visitor to Auikland is/Mr. Austin Wilson, who has <ome to/New Zealand,as: special.trade oomMssioner for the Port of' 'Hull. \Mr. "\Y,i<son .comes :as ;tlie representative.of -the'railway and dock authori- . ties of vjthat'iport,.. and -also of, the , Chamber of .Commerce. This, morning, . Mr. Wilson/said Hull had a big market; waiting iorA T ew Zealand |to develop. : Hull • was thevtiird'-largest -port' in .importance in Greaf-Britain, basedfon;the value, of •the impbr-ts .and .exports,, .and .Vat present. Hull serves nearly a third of 'the' population of England. . .> "If wo had one-fifth of New Zealand's experts for'distribution at Hull, and .one-, ; ' fifth :of -your imports, from Sreat Britain; ? were..sbipj>ed .through Hull, the total -sav-,! . /ing in-handling charges would amount to; 7 about ;£IBO,OOO .par 'annum." declared Mr. ■ / W-ilsoii. ' ■ As, tne nearest, port to Bradford, Hull gets a 'lot of our wool, .but' none ofour frozen meat, butter, or cheese, 1 ' ■ and it is ,to endeavour to secure at least■ a 'portion .of .this trade direct to Hull that Mr. Wflson is ®ow visiting the Dominion.'i • . The shipping companies in New. Zealand; : have promised to make Hull a port of call. ."-if .there ssisufficient trade .to..warrant it, , and Mr. Wilson's mission is how -.to con-; :. vinbe'.exporters thatithe'trado-is worth, while. ■ .. ■ : :"■ ■ • ■'