MARKETING PRODUCE

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1925, Page 4

MARKETING PRODUCE

SIR ,| A AIKS CONNOi.I.V's A l)Y ICK. A Ft K I.AN I>. September Li. Ae, 1 . /.calami would do well to consider Indore changing it-, present method of marketing prodino in (.'real licit;■ i■ i through established means ol disl rilmt ion. i- tier opinion of Sir James ( Connolly, until recently Agent-Generai , for Western Australia in l.oiulon. Sir i • lame.- Coiuiollv i- a pas-ciiger In the ( Niagara, and is reiurning to Australia ' to attend lo liilsiiie-s mallei'- before ’ gc ing hack to London, j Sir dame- mid the present was an excellent time to make the niii-i of e

the market in the I'nited Kingdom, for there was very favourable atmosphere in England for Australian, and Xew Zealand trade. The people o! the -Mother Country were beginning (o appreciate I lie north of the dominions lo them. He was sure we would never pet preference on foodstuffs, as any taxation on loud was more than any (■overnmeiit could stand. Such taxation would aiitagouisc Labour oeople and would Ie used b\ (ertani political sections. 'I here was now a very strong movement in favour id the use el Empire products, and lie thought more could 1,.> dinn in this way in find a inarkel ior mu poods than in any other way. Ho instiineed Cue metdiods of the Xeu Z.caialid Meal Board, which. in hi mind.

wa , a !<i|> ii 11 •_£ ,i \vr\ v. i- ■ Mul '"him mi hiM’lihi* p diey in if!;- I. i!.-4 u.-.- cl' cm ,mm channels dl' ili't I'ilnit inn. 'I be mui Kc(in-- oi'f'imis.it 111 had I,; cm in iij crntion !'i>r very ninny years, and I,ml a v:i-L i liciitclc. mill the h.m:<! nas making ii‘-c nl t lie 1 1 1 , ni. the mhiic lime exercising cli)'!, l oversight 111 sec Mini ihe best servi'-c wa , given. If mi at-

tempt were srtn interfere with tli: 1 existing iirrii m/ements those firmwould devote ill.hr t uergios tn selling Danish dairy produce am! foreign me,-it tn keep their business going. While making ii clear ihm | ; c v. a . only expressing ), own ooinioti. an,! nut iicsiritie- to criticise Ihe noiicy nf the Dairy Produce Control Hoard. Sir • Innn— -aid the hoard ivotild h ■ v 'l advised to follow I lie lines adopted in the nia rkeli ny el Australian pruihi.e during the past two years with inueli .success. If New Zealand went in the CM rente limil and commandeered all the hut ter and cheese and sold thmtigh an independent organisation he would Miy. oil hi- six \ ears' of experien. c ie Loudon. that it would lie dnine; giva;

injury and create lar-roachiug had efteets on the Dominion*: markets. He congratulated X.-w Zealand en the eminent iiosition she had attained wit It her laiiili and butler and ehec-'O. a jiosiiam she was entitled in hv roa■on ei a wise system of grading and '•hissing the export .mind.;. All that was necessary to hold tl:e made wato ion tin.ie a ion n these lines and use the organisations that were able to distribute products to the most remote parts of the country. W'e too often thought that Australia and Xew Zealand were the sole suppliers of these commodities to (treat Britain, hut as a matter of fact we furnished hut a very small proportion in comparison to other countries. It hud t> he re men: lie red that there was a decided prejudice in favour of Danish butter and bacon in (treat Britain, and should London firms he compelled by reason of am- action on the pan of the Dairy Control Board to concentrate on the selling of ike Danish article Xew Zealand would find its market very soriousK- curtailed.