N.Z. DAIRY PRODUCE

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1929, Page 6

N.Z. DAIRY PRODUCE

ENGLISH DEMAND INCREASING. AUCKLAND, September 23. It . will be gratifying to. New Zealand producers to hear from a Tooley street dairy produce importer that our butter is increasing in popularity in England on account of its quality Mr A. W. Heyes, of the London firm of Henry A. Lane and Company Ltd., dairy produce importers, who recently spent four months in Now Zealand on a business investigation and then went across to the Commonwealth, expressed this opinion to r day. He is on board the Aorangi on his way back to the Old Country. “I think you have a great future for your dairy produce,” he said. “Your butter is well liked and its popularity is growing, especially in the North of England, that is around Liverpool and in the Midlands. I believe Liverpool will develop into a big distributing centre. “As far as cheese is concerned,” he continued, “there has been a lot of criticism in respect to the quality, but that should have referred only to a portion of your exports. It is quite apparent that real consideration is being given to the matter in New Zealand agd I have no doubt that any defects will be rectified in due course.” Asked as to the future from a price point of view, Mr Heyes sqid he had been away from London for six months and he was not in a position to forecast prices, but it appeared that prospects for the coming season were hopeful. “No doubt, prices will work out quite satisfactorily,” be added. Mr Heyes is not at all sanguine as to a satisfactory market for New Zealand dairy produce on the Continent of Europe. “I do not think there is much scope there,” lie said. “ They are great producers and tariffs are prohibitive. Canada and the East, however, are in a different case apd the markets are apparently developing freely to your advanage in the future.” While declining to make any comment as to the early operations of the New Zealand Daily Produce Board, Mr Heyes said:—“ The Board in London in its reorganised form is doing useful work in regard to such matters as supervision of handling, advertising) and so forth. Beyond that I have northing to say.”