DAIRY RIVALRY

Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1933, Page 6

DAIRY RIVALRY

KEEN SEARCH FOR MARKETS.

WELLINGTON, October 16

The opi non that in Australian New Zealand was going to have a serious rival in butter and cheese .production was expressed by Mr W. Crawford Burt, formerly managing director of A. and T.' : Burt; Ltd., on his return by the Maram-a to-day after 12 months’ residence in New South Wales. - 'Mi' ll B«rt l . ,, suM the'"Output of''butter for export was increasing by leaps and bounds, and now Australians were turning . their attention to cheese. New Zealand would have to match her stop,. for’ Australia' was a" prospective producer 'in a very"large’ way in- a market which was already over-sup l plied. ,

Mr Burt said the feeling' throughout" Australia at' present was; one ■ of •' buoyant optimism.. There was no doubt .in anybody’s mind . but that Australia had turned the corner. “At the • same time, a Australia is showing 'an ajlert commercial mind in seeking markets for her goods other than in Britain,” lie continued. “The figures showing the export to the Orient of butter, flour, and jams are really surprising. She has live agent in Java, and they are straining every nerve to create trading relations with those countries. It is all nonsense to say that prospects for trade do not exist owing to the poverty of tlie coolies. All the people of Java, China and Japan are not coolies, any more than all the people of Britain are farm labourers. There is limitless wealth in these countries,and 'if Australia can produce the goods' they want" there is an open aveiitte for trade.*- '• h • *’• ’• lj ’ ;

“This is a market New Zealand has entirely ’ne'glecfed itjU-W-Hie- present. I still think there is a chance for New Zealand’s meat', gutter, and

cheese in the'East; but the trade will need fostering by 'accredited agents, who know both countries. We have by no means shown an alert mind in investigating the possibilities of trade with the East.